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The  Objects  of  the  Military  and 
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The  Objects  of  the  Military  and 
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United  States  and  the  Require- 
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Compiled  by 

JENNINGS  HOOD.  Manager.  Department  of  Insignia 
CHARLES  J.  YOUNG.  Manager.  Department  of  Heraldry 


PUBLISHED  BY 

BAILEY,  BANKS  &  BIDDLE  COMPANY 

JEWELERS,  SILVERSMITHS,  MAKERS  OF  INSIGNIA,  HERALDIC  STATIONERS 

PHILADELPHIA 


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COPYRIGHT.  1917. 

BY  JENNINGS  HOOD  AND 

CHARLES  J.  YOUNG 


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THE  ORIGIN  AND  PROPER  OCCASIONS  FOR  WEARING 
INSIGNIA  OF  THE  VARIOUS  MILITARY  AND  NAVAL 
ORDERS,  ALSO  PATRIOTIC  AND  HISTORIC- 
COMMEMORATIVE  SOCIETIES 

The  wearing  of  the  insignia  on  the  left  breast  only,  prob- 
ably evolved  from  the  fact  that  it  was  the  shield  side  of  the 
Crusaders,  and  furthermore,  because  it  was  near  the  loyal  heart 
that  the  knight  placed  his  badge  of  honor  and  fealty  to  his  king. 
Where  membership  is  held  in  more  than  one  order  or 
society,  the  member  should  choose  the  insignia  appropriate  to 
the  occasion,  and  if  an  officer  wear  around  his  neck  only  the 
emblem  of  that  society  which  he  especially  wishes  to  represent, 
provided  such  method  of  wearing  the  insignia  is  sanctioned  by 
the  regulations  of  that  society.     It  is  the  better  custom  not  to 
wear  at  the  same  time  all  the  insignia  a  member  may  possess,  but 
it    rather  to  wear  those  which  relate  to  the  occasion.     A  Colonial 
j    Society  insignia  might  be  worn  at  a  banquet  of  the  Society  of  the 
x     Revolution  to  show  that  one's  ancestor  had  been  in  the  earlier 
,     struggle  that  led  to  the  development  of  the  Colonies,  or  vice 
2    versa.     A  companion  might  wear  the  Naval  Order  beside  the 
(J    Loyal  Legion  insignia  to  emphasize  the  fact  that  it  was  on  the 

sea  the  service  was  rendered  to  his  country. 

£  At  semi-full-dress  affairs  or  military  and  naval  receptions, 

i    the  miniature  insignia  (only  issued  to  those  having  the  larger  or 
fj    official  ones)  may  be  worn  effectively.    They  may  be  pendant 
(A     from  a  bar  pin,  or,  when  ribbons  are  removed,  may  be  attached 
to  a  gold  chain,  etc. ;  one  end  secured  in  the  buttonhole  of  lapel 
and  the  other  end  by  a  stick-pin.    Miniature  decorations,  under 
no  circumstances,  should  be  worn  in  daily  costume,  except,  per- 
haps, at  a  military  reception. 

Rosettes  worn  in  lieu  of  decorations  are  only  worn  in  the 
left  lapel  of  the  coat,  one  at  a  time,  and  never  in  an  overcoat. 
Insignia  are  issued  to  members  only,  upon  authorization  sent  to 
the  makers,  when  signed  by  the  chancellor  or  secretary  of  the 
particular  organization,  and  must  be  numbered,  the  secretary 
keeping  record  of  the  same.  If  a  member  is  expelled  or  resigns, 

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his  insignia  is  expected  to  be  returned ;  otherwise,  it  remains  an 
heirloom  in  his  family.  Each  insignia  has  its  historic  and  her- 
aldic significance,  and  in  design  symbolizes  the  historic-com- 
memorative or  war  period  it  seeks  to  perpetuate.  The  ribbons 
of  these  orders  and  societies,  by  their  combination  of  color,  are 
also  emblematic. 

Regulations  as  to  the  wearing  of  insignia  of  the  various 
military  and  naval  orders  are  prescribed  in  the  constitutions  and 
by-laws.  These  differ  in  a  few  details ;  the  following  cover  the 
regulations  in  all  important  points: 

The  insignia  should  always  be  worn  at  the  regular  meetings 
of  the  organization  and  on  any  detached  or  representative  duty. 

It  should  never  be  worn  at  other  times  except  on  "occasions 
of  ceremony,"  including  special  commemorations  of  a  national 
character. 

Such  occasions  of  ceremony  should  be  determined  by  the 
custom  of  the  Military  or  Naval  Services  of  the  United  States, 
respectively,  or,  when  no  such  custom  exists,  by  Continental 
usage. 


General  Orders  No.  48.     War  Department, 

War  Department, 
Washington,  July  22,  1913. 

I.  General  Orders,  No.  97,  War  Department,  May  1 2,  1 909, 
as  amended  by  Paragraph  II,  General  Orders,  No.  220,  War  De- 
partment, November  1,  1909,  and  by  Paragraph  II,  General 
Orders,  No.  39,  War  Department,  May  27,  1913,  is  rescinded 
and  the  following  substituted  therefor: 

The  following  instructions  are  published  relative  to  the 
wearing  of  medals  and  badges  by  officers  and  enlisted  men  of 
the  Army  to  whom  such  medals  or  badges  have  been  awarded: 

1 .  The  Medal  of  Honor  will  be  worn  on  occasions  of  cere- 
mony whenever  the  full-dress  uniform,   the  special  evening 
dress,  or  the  mess  jacket  is  worn.     With  the  full-dress  uniform 
the  medal  will  be  worn  pendent  from  the  neck,  the  ribbon  pass- 
ing between  the  upper  and  lower  hooks  of  the  coat  collar,  so  that 
the  medal  proper  shall  hang  about  one  inch  below  the  opening 
of  the  collar.     With  the  special  evening  dress  or  mess  jacket 
the  medal  will  be  worn  pendent  from  the  neck,  the  ribbon  pass- 
ing around  the  neck  under  the  collar,  so  that  the  medal  proper 
shall  hang  about  one  inch  below  the  tie. 

2.  Other  medals  and  badges  awarded  by  the  Government 
will  be  worn  on  the  left  breast  of  the  coat  in  the  following  order 
of  precedence,  beginning  at  the  right : 

a.  Certificate  of  Merit  Badge  (issued  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment) . 

b.  Medal   commemorating   the   Battle   of    Manila    Bay 
(issued  by  the  Navy  Department) . 

c.  Medal  commemorating  the  naval  engagements  in  the 
West  Indies  (issued  by  the  Navy  Department). 

d.  Special  meritorious  medal  for  service  during  the  War 
with  Spain,  other  than  in  battle  (issued  by  the  Navy  Depart- 
ment) . 

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e.  Philippines  Congressional  medal  (issued  by  the  War 
Department) . 

f.  Campaign  badges,  in  the  order  of  the  dates  of  the  cam- 
paigns (issued  by  War  and  Navy  Departments). 

g.  Gold  life-saving  medal  (issued  by  the  Treasury  De- 
partment) . 

h.  Silver  life-saving  medal  (issued  by  the  Treasury  De- 
partment) . 

i.  Army  of  Cuban  Pacification  badge  (issued  by  War  and 
Navy  Departments) . 

j.  Good  conduct  medal  (issued  by  the  Navy  Depart- 
ment) . 

k.     Aviator's  badge  (issued  by  the  War  Department) . 

1.  Various  distinctive  marks  awarded  for  excellence  in 
small-arms  practice  (issued  by  War  and  Navy  Departments) . 

m.  Medals  or  badges  awarded  for  service  performed 
while  in  the  Army,  Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  or  other  branch  of 
the  Government,  if  not  included  among  those  specified  above. 

3.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  are  authorized 
to  wear  with  the  uniform  any  medals  or  badges  awarded  to  them 
by  the  Government  during  previous  service  in  any  other  branch 
of  the  Government. 

4.  On  all  occasions  of  ceremony  where  full-dress  uniform 
is  prescribed,  the  medals  and  badges  named  in  paragraph  1  and 
in  sections  a,  b,  c,  d,  e,  f ,  g,  h,  i  and  j  of  paragraph  2  of  this  order 
will  be  worn,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  6.      Officers,  in- 
cluding majors,  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Philippine  Scouts,  will 
wear  the  medals  and  badges  specified  in  this  paragraph  with  the 
olive  drab  cotton  service  uniform  on  occasions  of  ceremony. 

5.  Aviators'    badges,     the    various    distinctive    marks 
awarded  for  excellence  in  small-arms  practice,  and  the  medals 
and  badges  referred  to  in  section  n,  paragraph  2,  and  in  para- 
graph 3  of  this  order,  may  be  worn  on  all  occasions,  except  on 
active  duty  in  the  field  in  time  of  war,  or  during  maneuvers. 

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6.  Badges  of  military  societies  may  be  worn  on  all  occa- 
sions of  ceremony  in  the  following  order  from  right  to  left,  but 
officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army  will  not 
wear  these  badges  with  the  badges  and  medals  named  in  para- 
graphs 1  and  2 : 

a.  Badges  of  military  societies  commemorative  of  the 
wars  of  the  United  States,  including  the  Philippine  Insurrection 
and  the  China  Relief  Expedition,  in  the  order  of  the  dates  of 
such  wars. 

b.  Badges  of  the  Regular  Army  and  Navy  Union  of  the 
United  States  and  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Union  of  the  United 
States. 

c.  Corps  and  division  badges  of  the  Civil  War  and  the 
War  with  Spain. 

d.  Badge  of  the  Enlisted  Men's  Abstinence  League. 

II.  A  rosette  will  be  issued  by  the  Chief  of  the  Quarter- 
master Corps  to  each  person  to  whom  a  Philippines  Congres- 
sional medal,  certificate  of  merit  badge,  campaign  badge,  or 
Army  of  Cuban  Pacification  badge  has  been  or  may  be  awarded, 
the  rosette  to  be  for  optional  wear  with  civilian  clothing,  in  lieu 
of  the  medal  or  badge  to  which  it  pertains,  and  to  be  made  of 
ribbons  of  the  same  colors  as  those  that  pertain  to  such  medal 
or  badge. 


ANCIENT  HERALDIC  AND  CHIVALRIC 
ORDER  OF  ALBION 

Instituted  1643.     Reorganized  1883 
History  and  Traditions  of  the  Knights  of  Albion 

This  Order  was  instituted  originally  in  1 643  in  America,  by 
Sir  Edmund  Plowden,  an  English  Nobleman  of  distinguished 
ancestry,  for  the  conversion  of  the  23  Indian  tribes  comprised 
within  the  grant  of  New  Albion.  Sir  Edmund  Plowden  was  by 
grant  of  Charles  I,  created  "Lord  Earl  Palatine  of  New  Albion," 
which  comprised  portions  of  what  are  now  New  Jersey,  Penn- 
sylvania, Delaware  and  Virginia.  Much  of  the  history  of  the 
Order  and  its  members,  together  with  a  design  representing  its 
seal,  insignia  and  ribbon,  is  to  be  found  among  the  historical 
MSS.  of  the  State  of  Delaware.  After  the  settlement  of  the 
Swedes  and  Dutch  and  formation  of  the  Colonies  and  conse- 
quent change  of  government,  the  Order  became  officially  in- 
active. Tradition,  however,  states  that  the  descendants  of  the 
original  members  kept  up  the  organization  of  the  Order  as  a 
private  secret  society  of  gentlemen  long  after  the  Revolution. 
Members  were  admitted  to  the  Society  from  time  to  time  who 
were  not  descendants  of  original  members.  After  the  great 
conflict  the  members  who  remained  in  the  Society  formed  part 
of  that  brilliant  entourage  of  Hamilton  and  with  the  other  con- 
servative elements,  such  as  the  Cincinnati,  contributed  some- 
what to  the  stability  of  the  government. 

It  lingered  for  many  years  in  a  more  or  less  moribund  con- 
dition until  1883,  when  it  was  merged  as  a  high  degree  of 
Knighthood  into  what  was  known  as  the  Patriotic  Order  of  the 
Fathers  and  Founders  of  the  Republic,  composed  of  certain 
gentlemen  of  distinguished  ancestry  in  Pennsylvania  and  New 
York.  After  lingering  for  a  number  of  years  as  the  highest  cir- 
cle of  this  most  exclusive  Society,  the  latter  was  reorganized 
into  the  present  form  of  the  Order. 

Unfortunately  because  of  the  former  secrecy  observed  by 
all  members  of  the  Order,  it  is  most  difficult  to  obtain  data  about 
the  Society  after  the  Revolution.  The  custom  also  of  signing  by 
letters  or  by  emblems  makes  it  impossible  to  verify  many  things 
in  this  venerable  Order. 

Tradition  also  states  that  among  the  Captains  (Captains- 
General)  were  Alexander  Hamilton,  John  Ross  and  Major  Pop- 


ham.  How  these  could  have  been  Presidents  of  the  Society  at 
a  time  when  the  members  most  probably  did  not  meet,  history 
does  not  state.  As  reorganized,  while  no  changes  whatever 
have  been  made  in  the  insignia,  seal  and  certain  historical  fea- 
tures, its  membership  regulations  have  been  so  amended  as  to 
bring  it  within  the  scope  of  modern  institutions  and  the  require- 
ments of  a  Republican  and  patriotic  government,  while  adhering 
to  that  original  plan  adopted  by  the  founders  of  the  first  Ances- 
tral and  Hereditary  Order  instituted  in  America. 

Objects 

I.  To  bring  together  lineal  descendants  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Order  and  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence and  for  the  purpose  of  teaching  reverent  regard  for 
their  names  and  history,  character  and  perseverance,  deeds  and 
heroism,  and  that  of  their  descendants. 

II.  To  discover,  collect  and  preserve,  records,  documents, 
manuscripts,  monuments  and  history  relating  to  the  original 
Albion  Knights  and  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, their  ancestors  and  descendants,  and  to  encourage 
and  improve  the  study  of  Heraldry  in  America  and  knowledge 
of  the  history  of  the  Indians. 

III.  To  commemorate  and  celebrate  events   connected 
with  the  early  history  of  the  Order  and  the  Document  of  Amer- 
ican Freedom. 

Membership 

Membership  in  the  Order  is  derived  upon  invitation  only, 
extended  by  unanimous  vote  of  the  Grand  Council  to  lineal  de- 
scendants (of  the  male  sex  above  the  age  of  2 1 )  of 

I.  Sir  Edmund  Plowden  or  an  original  member  of  the 
Order. 

II.  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

Honorary  Membership 

Such  membership  may  be  conferred  by  unanimous  vote  of 
the  Grand  Council  upon  persons  who  have  rendered  unusual 
services  to  the  cause  of  science,  literature,  history  or  art,  in  pub- 
lic or  official  life,  or  in  recognition  of  special  services  rendered  to 
Country,  or  upon  the  male  descendants  of  an  historic  family. 

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ARMY  AND  NAVY  MEDAL  OF  HONOR  LEGION 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

Objects 

Its  principles  are  patriotic  allegiance  to  the  United  States 
of  America,  fidelity  to  its  Constitution  and  Laws,  the  security  of 
civil  liberty  and  the  preservation  of  free  institutions ;  to  cherish 
the  memories  of  the  valiant  deeds  in  arms  for  which  the  Medal 
of  Honor  is  the  insignia ;  to  promote  true  fellowship  among  its 
companions;  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  the  soldiers  and 
sailors  of  the  United  States  of  America;  to  extend  all  possible 
relief  to  its  needy  companions,  their  widows  and  children  and 
to  stimulate  patriotism  in  the  minds  of  our  youth  by  encourag- 
ing the  study  of  the  patriotic,  military  and  naval  history  of  our 
nation. 

Membership 

The  membership  of  the  Legion  shall  consist  of  two  classes, 
viz. :  1 .  Original  Companions  of  the  First  Class.  All  persons 
of  good  moral  character  who  are,  have  been  or  may  become 
soldiers,  sailors  or  marines  of  the  Regular  or  Volunteer  Army, 
Navy  or  Marine  Corps  of  the  United  States  of  America  of  what- 
ever rank,  who  have  received  or  who  may  hereafter  receive  a 
Congress  Medal  of  Honor  for  distinguished  gallantry  in  battle 
or  for  heroism  of  a  specially  distinguished  character  shall  be 
eligible  to  membership  in  the  Legion. 

2.  Companions  of  the  Second  Class.  A  son  or  a  daugh- 
ter, or  next  of  kin  by  consanguinity  or  by  legal  adoption  of  a 
Companion  of  the  First  Class,  who  may  be  nominated  by  such 
Companion  of  the  First  Class  as  his  successor  and  holder  of  his 
Medal  of  Honor.  The  wife  or  widow  and  all  children  of  a  First 
Class  member  shall  be  eligible  to  Second  Class  membership  in 
the  Legion. 


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ARMY  AND  NAVY  UNION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

Incorporated  March  31,  1888 

Objects 
To  assist  in  caring  for  its  sick  and  burying  its  dead. 

Extend  a  helping  hand,  pecuniary  or  otherwise,  as  may  be 
necessary. 

To  render  such  aid  as  possible  to  the  family  or  dependents 
of  a  deceased  comrade  or  shipmate. 

To  unite  in  benevolent  and  social  fellowship  those  who 
have  served  honorably  in  the  Army,  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  of 
the  United  States. 

To  encourage  and  aid  legislation  from  Congress  and  State 
Legislative  bodies  beneficial  to  the  welfare  of  our  comrades  and 
the  enlisted  man  of  the  service. 

To  defend  and  elevate  the  social  and  material  standing  of 
the  enlisted  men  of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy  and  Marine 
Corps  and  to  work  for  the  enactment  of  laws  by  State  Legis- 
latures, protecting  the  wearers  of  the  country's  uniform  against 
discrimination  by  theatres  or  other  public  places  of  amuse- 
ments, and  preventing  unauthorized  people  to  disgrace  the  uni- 
form by  wearing  it  in  said  state. 

To  perpetuate  patriotism  and  reverence  for  the  Flag,  work- 
ing in  a  harmonious  unit  to  ever  bear  to  the  foremost  rank  of 
citizenship  the  same  record  of  self-sacrifice,  unselfishness  and 
the  love  for  humanity  and  devotion  to  duty  that  each  member 
displayed  by  heroic  deeds  in  the  face  of  the  enemies  of  his 
country. 

To  stand  for  a  full  measure  on  the  part  of  all  our  citizen- 
ship and  for  a  like  full  appreciation  on  the  part  of  our  nation, 
for  all  patriotic  service  and  sacrifice,  and  ultimately  to  make 
Fraternity  a  national  anthem,  Charity  a  national  virtue,  and 
Loyalty  a  national  hymn. 

Membership 

The  membership  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Union  is  not 
limited  to  any  particular  war  or  service,  but  welcomes  all  who 
have  served  honorably,  or  are  now  serving,  under  that  dear  old 
Flag.  The  organization  is  governed  by  the  National  Corps, 

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composed  of  the  regularly  elected  officers  at  the  National  En- 
campment held  every  two  years.  Local  branches  in  various 
localities  are  called  Garrisons,  which  can  be  organized  by  any 
comrade  who  is  eligible  to  membership.  Application  fee  is  not 
less  than  $1 .00;  quarterly  dues,  75c,  or  $3.00  per  year.  For  the 
convenience  of  comrades  desirous  of  joining  the  Army  and 
Navy  Union,  but  who  do  not  live  near  an  established  Garrison, 
there  is  a  Department  of  Members  at  Large,  governed  by  the 
National  Corps.  The  local  Garrisons  and  state  departments, 
composed  of  Garrisons  in  any  one  state,  being  governed  by  the 
department  officers  or  Garrison  officers,  who  are  regularly 
elected  every  year.  Such  departments  and  garrisons  being  un- 
der the  supervision  of  the  National  Corps  to  whom  they  make 
regular  reports. 

Members  at  Large 

It  makes  no  difference  in  what  part  of  the  country,  insular 
possessions,  or  the  world  you  may  be  residing  or  stationed,  or 
in  what  company,  organization  or  naval  vessel  you  may  be 
serving,  you  can  join  the  Army  and  Navy  Union  now  as  a 
member  at  large,  and  later  on  can  affiliate  with  a  local  Garrison 
when  one  is  formed  near  you,  or  should  you  move  to  a  locality 
where  there  is  a  Garrison. 

This  department  was  created  for  the  convenience  of  offi- 
cers and  enlisted  men  in  active  service  who  are  continually 
moving  from  place  to  place,  and  for  comrades  and  shipmates 
who  reside  in  remote  sections  of  the  country  and  insular  pos- 
sessions where  no  local  Garrison  is  organized.  The  application 
fee  for  membership  as  a  member  at  large  is  $2.50,  which  pays 
for  badge,  lapel  button,  certificate  of  membership,  copy  of  con- 
stitution and  general  laws,  and  six  months  dues  in  advance,  the 
annual  dues  as  a  member  at  large  being  $1.00.  All  applica- 
tions for  membership  at  large  must  be  made  to  National  Head- 
quarters. Address  the  attached  application  to  the  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Union,  advising  him  of  your 
wishes,  and  he  in  turn  will  forward  you  an  official  application 
blank  and  an  obligation  form.  These  you  properly  fill  out 
and  re-mail  to  National  Headquarters  with  the  fee  of  $2.50. 
Should,  for  any  reason,  your  application  not  be  accepted,  the 
fee  will  be  returned  to  you. 


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ARYAN  ORDER  OF  ST.  GEORGE  OF  THE  EMPIRE 
IN  AMERICA 

Instituted  March  11  th,  1 892 

Objects 

II.  The  purpose  of  this  Society  is  to  promote  social  vir- 
tues, to  reprobate  fashionable  vices  and  follies,  to  preserve 
genealogical  records  of  the  families  of  members  and  the  ac- 
counts of  their  historic  greatness  as  means  to  further  the  end  by 
enlivening  a  feeling  of  family  worth  and  honor  with  present 
memorials. 

Membership 

V.  Companionship  to  be  conferred  must  be  approved  by 
the  Supreme  Council,  requirements  being  honorable  character, 
illustrious  and  honorable  family,  colonial  or  noble,  of  the  Aryan 
race. 

X.  The  children  (male)  of  the  members  are  to  succeed 
them  in  membership,  according  to  the  prerogative  of  members 
of  a  body  corporate  to  choose  their  successors. 

XII.  All  descendants,  male,  of  the  first  ancestor  entitled 
to  membership  in  the  Order,  who  bear  the  family  name,  are 
eligible  as  members,  and  constitute  but  one  family.    That  mem- 
ber of  a  family  who  represents  the  eldest  line  male  ranks  as 
Cacique  or  Chief  of  the  family  in  the  Order. 

XIII.  All  members  receive  letters  patent  from  the  Order, 
the  Caciques,   in  addition,   transmit  to  their  heirs  the  titles 
and  decorations  of  the  Order — the  imperial  two-headed  eagle, 
argent,  on  whose  breast  is  the  red  cross  of  St.  George,  which  is 
the  insignia  or  coat-of-arms  of  the  Order. 

XIV.  Families  in  the  Order  are  distinguished  by  em- 
blazoning their  coat-of-arms  on  the  two-headed  eagle,  while  the 
Caciques,  bear,  in  addition,  an  ancient  ducal  coronet  between 
the  eagle's  heads.     The  pedigrees  of  all  members  are  to  be 
lodged  with  the  Grand  Recorder,  giving  recorded  ancestral  titles 
and  arms  with  historic  evidence. 

XV.  That  membership  in  the  Order  must  be  restricted  to 
those  descended  from  the  following: 

1 .  Those  ennobled,  knighted,  or  decorated  by  royalty  for 
meritorious  service. 

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2.  Officers,  civil  or  military,  acting  under  Royal  commis- 
sion (or  their  male  descendants),  settled  in  America  from  the 
earliest  to  latest  date.      (This  includes  the  whole  body  of  the 
American  colonial  magistracy  and  officers.) 

3.  Families  of  honorable  mention  entitled  to  coat-of-arms. 


ASSOCIATION  OF  MILITARY  SURGEONS  OF 
THE  UNITED  STATES 

Object 

The  object  of  the  Association  shall  be  to  increase  the 
efficiency  of  the  Medical  Services  of  the  Army  the  Navy,  the 
Public  Health  Service,  and  of  the  Organized  Militia  of  the  dif- 
ferent States  by  mutual  association  and  the  consideration  of 
matters  pertaining  to  the  medico-military  service  of  the  United 
States,  both  in  peace  and  in  war. 


AZTEC  CLUB  OF  1847 
Founded  October  1 3th,  1 847 

Objects 

This  Association,  formed  and  founded  in  the  City  of 
Mexico,  in  the  year  1 847,  by  officers  of  the  United  States  Army, 
shall  be  continued  in  perpetuity  as  the  "Aztec  Club  of  1 847" 
with  a  view  to  cherish  the  memories  and  keep  alive  the  tradi- 
tions that  cluster  about  the  names  of  those  officers  who  took 
part  in  the  Mexican  War  of  1 846,  '47  and  '48. 

Membership 

The  classes  of  membership  shall  be  three: — Primary,  Rep- 
resentative and  Associate. 

The  basis  of  Primary  Membership  being  personal  service 
as  an  officer  of  the  Army,  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  in  some  part 
of  Mexico  during  the  war  with  that  country  in  1 846,  *47  and 
'48,  the  Roll  of  Members  to  be  "continued  in  perpetuity"  under 
this  constitution  shall  consist: 

First,  Of  those  officers  who  inaugurated  the  Aztec  Club  in 
the  City  of  Mexico  on  the  1 3th  of  October,  1 847,  numbering 

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1 60  members,  and  the  two  honorary  members  named  in  Articles 
I  and  IV  of  the  Constitution  published  in  March,  1 848 ;  and 

Second.  Of  those  officers  who  by  resolution  of  1871  be- 
came eligible  to  membership  since  that  date,  having  served  in 
some  part  of  Mexico  during  the  war  with  that  country,  and  who 
have  been  and  may  hereafter  be  duly  elected  members.  The 
names  of  members  admitted  on  personal  application  will  be 
enrolled  as  Primary  Members  in  a  list  (Number  One)  to  be 
arranged  permanently,  in  numerical  series,  in  the  order  of  date 
of  admittance — not  to  be  altered  except  by  future  additions  or 
by  dismissals  for  cause. 

Third.  To  extend  to  the  memory  of  comrades  killed  in 
battle  in  Mexico  or  who  died  of  wounds  received  in  Mexico  prior 
to  the  formation  of  our  club,  all  the  honorable  distinction  per- 
taining to  membership  in  the  club,  it  was  resolved  in  1 883  that 
upon  application  by  the  eldest  son  or  nearest  male  lineal  de- 
scendant of  the  officer  so  killed  such  son  or  nearest  male  lineal 
descendant  may  be  eligible  to  membership  as  representing  his 
dead  relative.  When  such  representative  has  been  duly  elected 
and  qualified,  the  name  of  the  dead  officer  and  the  battle  where 
he  was  killed  shall  be  entered  on  List  Number  One,  in  a  separate 
group  with  his  representative  in  the  order  of  election. 

Fourth.  As  provided  in  1887,  the  son  or  nearest  male 
blood  relative  of  any  deceased  officer  who  never  himself  applied 
for  membership  (though  eligible  thereto  because  of  personal 
service  in  Mexico  during  the  war)  may  make  written  applica- 
tion for  admission  as  the  representative  of  his  father  or  blood 
relative  upon  nomination  by  two  members  to  whom  he  is 
known.  If  elected  and  qualified,  the  name  of  such  dead  officer 
shall  also  be  enrolled  on  List  Number  One,  in  the  same  numeri- 
cal series,  in  a  separate  group,  and  in  the  order  of  the  date  of 
admittance  of  the  lineal  descendant. 

Future  Active  Membership 

Fifth.  To  provide  for  the  continuance  of  the  Club  in 
conformity  with  the  resolution  of  September,  1 874,  each  Prim- 
ary Member  admitted  upon  personal  application  may  nominate 
as  his  successor  his  son  or  a  male  blood  relative,  who  during  the 
life  of  the  Primary  shall  be  known  as  an  Associate  Member, 
and  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  the  Club  except  that  of  vot- 
ing, and  upon  the  death  of  the  Primary  shall  be  entitled  as  his 
representative  to  full  membership.  Should  a  Primary  die  with- 

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out  having  named  his  successor,  his  son  first  or  nearest  blood 
relative  next  may,  on  written  application,  be  nominated  as  his 
representative  by  two  members  to  whom  he  is  known ;  but  no 
one  proposed  for  an  Associate  Member  or  as  the  representative 
of  a  deceased  member  shall  be  voted  for  until  the  Committee 
on  Admission  shall  report  him  eligible  and  qualified  to  join  the 
Club. 

A  Representative  Member  may  nominate  as  his  successor 
his  son  or  a  male  blood  relative  of  the  Primary  Member,  whose 
status  shall  be  that  of  an  Associate  Member,  as  heretofore 
stated. 

If  application  as  the  successor  of  a  Primary  or  Represent- 
ative Member  be  made  within  five  years  from  the  date  of  the 
death  of  the  Primary  or  Representative  Member,  the  status  of 
the  elected  applicant  shall  be  that  of  Associate  Member,  in  that 
his  initiation  fee  shall  be  that  of  an  Associate  Member.  Such 
elected  applicant  shall  immediately  succeed  to  full  membership 
as  a  Successor  upon  election,  and  shall  be  recorded  as  a  Repre- 
sentative Member. 

If  minors  are  proposed  for  membership,  their  names  will 
be  retained  for  future  action  until  they  attain  majority. 

When  the  Primary  or  Representative  Member  has  failed 
to  nominate  his  successor,  then  the  prospective  Representative 
Member  shall  be  the  nearest  in  blood,  male  relative  of  the  de- 
ceased Primary  Member,  if  there  be  one  qualified  to  become  an 
acceptable  representative  of  said  Primary. 

To  prevent  delay  in  the  admission  of  candidates  to  mem- 
bership in  the  Club,  the  Committee  on  Admissions  shall  meet 
four  times  each  year,  viz.,  first  Tuesday  of  January,  first  Tues- 
day of  April,  first  Tuesday  of  June,  and  first  Tuesday  of  Octo- 
ber, and  all  candidates  for  admission  to  the  Aztec  Club  of  1 847 
who  pass  the  ordeal  of  that  body  will  be  at  once  reported  to  the 
Secretary,  who  will  notify  the  candidate  that  he  is  admitted  to 
membership  without  further  action,  provided  he  duly  qualifies 
for  the  same. 

The  Club  may  act  at  the  regular  annual  meeting  upon  any 
case  that  may,  from  any  cause,  be  referred  to  it. 

Should  the  election  of  a  member  take  place  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Club,  at  least  thirteen  affirmative  votes  (in  per- 
son or  by  letter)  shall  be  required  to  admit  the  applicant,  while 
two  negative  votes  will  reject  him. 

The  names  of  candidates  for  election  shall  be  presented  by 
members  only  upon  the  express  request  of  said  candidates. 

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COLONIAL  ORDER  OF  THE  ACORN 
Instituted  January  30th,  1 894,  Incorporated  February  3d,  1 894 

Objects 

To  cherish  and  perpetuate  American  traditions  and  asso- 
ciations, and  to  promote  patriotism  and  loyalty  to  our  National 
Institutions. 

Membership 

It  is  a  pre-requisite  to  admission  that  a  candidate  shall  be 
a  descendant,  in  the  male  line,  of  a  forefather  resident  prior  to 
July  4th,  1 776,  in  one  of  the  North  American  Colonies,  that 
afterwards  became  the  thirteen  original  States,  and  shall  be 
nominated  for  membership  and  seconded  by  members  of  the 
Order. 


COLONIAL  SOCIETY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

Objects 

The  object  of  the  Society  shall  be  to  celebrate  anniversaries 
of  events  connected  with  the  settlement  of  Pennsylvania,  which 
occurred  prior  to  1 700;  to  collect,  preserve,  and  publish  records, 
documents,  printed  or  in  manuscript,  relating  to  the  early  his- 
tory of  that  colony,  and  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  our 
colonial  ancestors. 

Membership 

Note — Any  male  person  of  good  character  over  twenty- 
one  years  of  age  who  is  lineally  descended  from  a  male  or 
female  actually  settled  prior  to  the  year  1  700  in  any  colony  of 
America  (now  the  United  States) ,  shall  be  eligible  to  member- 
ship. But  whenever  and  as  long  as  there  shall  be  three  hun- 
dred members,  no  one  shall  be  elected.  In  all  elections  to 
membership,  the  candidates  who  are  descendants  of  members 
shall  have  precedence. 


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DAMES  OF  THE  LOYAL  LEGION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES 

Instituted  May  11,  1 899 

Object 

The  object  of  this  Order  shall  be  to  foster  the  spirit  of 
Patriotism,  and  to  cherish  the  memory  of  those  men  and  women 
whose  distinguished  services  during  the  Civil  War  so  largely 
aided  in  preserving  the  integrity  of  the  government  of  the 
United  States  of  America. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  The  members  of  this  Order  shall  be  composed 
of  the  wives,  mothers,  daughters  and  widows  of  the  companions 
of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States, 
the  daughters  of  the  descendants  of  said  companions,  who  have 
attained  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  the  widows  of  officers  who 
were  not  members  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion, 
but  who  were  eligible  as  such,  the  daughters  of  such  deceased 
officers,  and  the  daughters  of  the  descendants  of  said  officers  in 
lineal  descent  from  the  deceased  eligible  officer. 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  CINCINNATI 
Objects 

To  renew  and  foster  among  its  members  the  friendships 
formed  and  cemented  amid  the  trying  ordeals  of  the  War  of 
the  Revolution,  in  the  Camp,  and  on  the  Battlefield,  by  their 
ancestors,  who  by  wise  leadership  and  sturdy  bravery,  achieved 
the  independence  of  the  American  Colonies,  and  established 
the  Government  of  the  United  States. 

To  advance  and  encourage  investigation  and  study  of  the 
history  of  the  Revolution,  its  causes  and  results,  and  to  instil 
in  the  minds  of  the  rising  generations  a  knowledge  of,  and  rev- 
erence for,  the  intelligent  wisdom  which  planned,  and  the  un- 
conquerable spirit  and  patient  unswerving  determination  which 
successfully  carried  on,  the  struggle  for  liberty  against  over- 
whelming force  and  Old  World  prejudice. 

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To  cherish  the  memory  and  record  the  deeds  of  the  noble 
women  who,  with  heroic  self-abnegation,  untiring  and  unflinch- 
ing devotion,  influenced,  encouraged  and  assisted  the  Patriot 
Cause. 

To  commemorate  by  celebrations  and  tablets  the  achieve- 
ments of  our  ancestors  in  the  Revolution,  and  to  gather  and 
carefully  preserve  documents  and  relics  relating  to  the  Revolu- 
tionary period. 

To  found  scholarships  for  daughters  of  officers  in  the  reg- 
ular army  or  navy  of  the  United  States,  preferably  of  Cincin- 
nati ancestry,  with  a  view  to  self-support. 

Qualifications  for  Membership 

1st.  Descent  from  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati, admitted  in  his  own  right  as  an  orignal  member,  in 
pursuance  of  the  Institution  of  the  Society,  as  adopted  May  1 3, 
1783,  at  Major-General  Baron  de  Steuben's  headquarters  at 
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson,  or  from  an  officer  of  the  Revolution 
who  died  in  the  service,  and  whose  offspring  were  eligible  to 
original  membership  under  such  Institution,  or  from  an  ances- 
tor who  died  prior  to  the  formation  of  the  Society  and  who  gave 
full  Revolutionary  service. 

2d.  An  invitation  from  the  Society  issued  by  vote  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  upon  the  application  of  three  members  of 
the  Society,  to  whom  the  applicant  must  be  favorably  and  well 
known. 

3d.  The  applicant  must  be  over  the  age  of  eighteen  years, 
and  of  good  moral  character. 


DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  REVOLUTION 

Objects 

The  objects  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  perpetuate  the  patri- 
otic spirit  of  the  men  and  women  who  achieved  American  Inde- 
pendence; to  commemorate  prominent  events  connected  with 
the  War  of  the  Revolution ;  to  collect,  publish  and  preserve  the 
rolls,  records  and  historic  documents  relating  to  that  period ;  to 
encourage  the  study  of  the  country's  history;  to  promote  senti- 
ments of  friendship  and  common  interest  among  the  members 
of  the  Society,  and  to  provide  a  home  for  and  furnish  assistance 

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Membership 

Section  1 .  Qualifications.  Any  woman  shall  be  eligible 
to  membership  in  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution  who  is  above 
the  age  of  1 8  years,  of  good  character,  and  a  lineal  descendant 
of  an  ancestor  who 

(1)  was  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  a 
member  of  the  Continental  Congress,  or  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gress, Legislature  or  General  Court  of  any  of  the  Colonies  or 
States;  or  (2)  rendered  civil,  military  or  naval  service  under  the 
authority  of  any  of  the  Thirteen  Colonies  or  of  the  Continental 
Congress;  or  (3)  by  service  rendered  during  the  War  of  the 
Revolution  became  liable  to  the  penalty  of  treason  against  the 
government  of  Great  Britain;  provided  that  such  ancestor  al- 
ways remained  loyal  to  the  cause  of  American  Independence. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  THE  PIONEERS  OF  AMERICA— 
1 7TH  CENTURY 

Organized  1893 

Objects 

To  collect  information  respecting  the  history  of  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  first  settlers  in  this  country,  and  to  preserve  their 
genealogies. 

Membership 

Eligibility  to  membership  is  derived  only  through  the  direct 
male  line,  and  from  one  who  settled  in  any  part  of  America 
prior  to  the  year  1  700.  This  shall  include  all  nationalities. 

Members  must  be  at  least  twenty-one  years  of  age,  of 
good  repute  and  standing  in  society. 

The  application  for  membership  must  be  in  writing,  and 
set  forth  in  detail  the  direct  lineage  from  the  original  ancestor 
who  emigrated  to  this  country,  with  the  date  and  place  of  set- 
tlement and  from  what  country  he  came. 

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DESCENDANTS  OF  THE  SIGNERS  OF  THE 
DECLARATION    OF   INDEPENDENCE 

Object 

The  object  of  the  Society  shall  be  to  inspire  and  cultivate 
a  spirit  of  unselfish  patriotism  by  perpetuating  the  memory  of 
the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  who  in  the 
birth-throes  of  the  Republic  mutually  pledged  their  lives,  their 
fortunes  and  their  sacred  honor  in  the  cause  of  liberty. 

Membership 

All  persons  over  twenty-one  years  of  age  who  are  lineally 
descended  from  one  of  the  fifty-six  signers  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  are  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Society.  They 
shall  pay  an  enrollment  fee  and  annual  dues  and  comply  with  all 
other  conditions  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws. 

Children  eligible  by  descent  may  be  enrolled  as  Junior 
members  upon  application  of  an  adult  member  of  the  Society 
and  payment  of  enrollment  fee.  Upon  attaining  their  majority, 
Junior  members  may  become  full  members  upon  application  to 
and  approval  of  the  Board  of  Governors  and  payment  of  annual 
dues  for  the  current  year. 


GENERAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 

Organized  September  14,  1814 
Reorganized  January  5,  1 854 

Objects 

Whereas,  In  the  Providence  of  God,  victory  having 
crowned  the  forces  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  uphold- 
ing the  principles  of  the  Nation  against  Great  Britain  in  the 
conflict  known  as  the  War  of  1812;  we,  the  survivors  and 
descendants  of  those  who  participated  in  that  contest,  have 
joined  together  to  perpetuate  its  memories  and  victories;  to  col- 
lect and  secure  for  preservation,  rolls,  records,  books  and  other 
documents  relating  to  that  period;  to  encourage  research  and 
publication  of  historical  data,  including  memorials  of  patriots 
of  that  era  in  our  National  history ;  to  care  for  and,  when  neces- 
sary, assist  in  burying  actual  veterans  of  that  struggle;  to 

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cherish,  maintain  and  extend  the  institutions  of  American  free- 
dom, and  foster  true  patriotism  and  love  of  country. 

Membership 

Any  male  person  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  (21 )  years, 
who  participated  in,  or  who  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  one  who 
served  during  the  War  of  1812,  in  the  army,  navy,  revenue- 
marine,  or  privateer  service  of  the  United  States,  offering  proof 
thereof  satisfactory  to  the  State  Society  to  which  he  may, make 
application  for  membership,  and  who  is  of  good  moral  char- 
acter and  reputation,  may  become  a  member  of  this  Society 
when  approved  of  by  said  State  Society,  under  such  regulations 
as  it  may  make  for  passing  upon  applications  for  membership. 

In  case  of  the  failure  of  lineal  descendants  of  an  actual  par- 
ticipant in  the  War  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  one  collateral 
descendant,  who  is  deemed  worthy,  may  be  admitted  to  repre- 
sent the  said  participant. 

Provided,  always,  That  such  representation  shall  be  limited 
to  the  descendant  of  either  a  brother  or  sister  of  the  participant 
in  the  War,  in  right  of  whose  services  application  for  member- 
ship is  made. 

Every  application  for  membership  shall  be  made  in  writ- 
ing, upon  such  form  as  may  be  set  forth  by  this  Society  for  that 
purpose,  which  application  shall  be  made  in  duplicate,  and  one 
copy  thereof  filed  in  the  archives  of  the  General  Society. 

A  member  in  good  standing  may  file  one  or  more  supple- 
mental applications,  based  upon  the  services  in  the  War  of  1812 
of  either  his  direct  ancestor  or  of  one  collateral,  who  failed  to 
leave  lineal  descendants,  which  supplemental  application  shall 
be  balloted  upon  in  the  same  manner  and  with  the  same  effect 
as  upon  original  applications. 

No  State  Society  shall  elect  to  membership  persons  resi- 
dent within  the  territory  of  another  State  Society,  except  upon 
the  written  consent  given  in  advance  by  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  the  latter  Society.  But  members  changing  residence  from 
one  State  to  another,  or  coming  within  the  jurisdiction  of  a  new 
State  Society,  may,  at  their  option,  retain  membership  in  the 
State  Society  in  which  they  were  originally  admitted  or  to  which 
they  may  have  been  transferred. 

A  member  of  any  State  Society  may  be  admitted  to 
membership  by  action  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  another  State 

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Society  within  the  bounds  of  which  he  is  resident,  upon  satisfac- 
tory proof  of  his  membership  and  good  standing  in  the  Society 
from  which  he  comes  and  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  Society  he  enters;  and  thereupon  his  membership  in  the 
first  Society  shall  terminate. 

An  initiation  fee  shall  not  be  twice  required. 


GRAND  ARMY  OF  THE  REPUBLIC 
Organized  March,  1 866.     First  Post  April  6th,  1 866 

Objects 

1 .  To  preserve  and  strengthen  those  kind  and  fraternal 
feelings  which  bind  together  the  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines 
who  united  to  suppress  the  late  Rebellion,  and  to  perpetuate  the 
memory  and  history  of  the  dead. 

2.  To  assist  such  former  comrades  in  arms  as  need  help 
and  protection,  and  to  extend  needful  aid  to  the  widows  and 
orphans  of  those  who  have  fallen. 

3.  To  maintain  true  allegiance  to  the  United  States  of 
America,  based  upon  a  paramount  respect  for,  and  fidelity  to, 
its  Constitution  and  Laws;  to  discountenance  whatever  tends 
to  weaken  loyalty,  incites  to  insurrection,  treason,  or  rebellion, 
or  in  any  manner  impairs  the  efficiency  and  permanency  of  our 
free  institutions;  and  to  encourage  the  spread  of  universal  lib- 
erty, equal  rights,  and  justice  to  all  men. 

Membership 

Soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or 
Marine  Corps,  who  served  between  April  1 2th,  1 86 1 ,  and  April 
9th,  1865,  in  the  war  for  the  suppression  of  the  Rebellion,  and 
those  having  been  honorably  discharged  therefrom  after  such 
service,  and  of  such  State  regiments  as  were  called  into  active 
service  and  subject  to  the  orders  of  U.  S.  General  Officers,  be- 
tween the  dates  mentioned,  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  No  person  shall  be  eligible 
to  membership  who  has  at  any  time  borne  arms  against  the 
United  States. 

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IMPERIAL  ORDER  OF  THE  DRAGON 

Commemorating  the  China  Relief  Expedition  of  1 900 

Membership 

Every  soldier,  sailor  or  marine  at  present  in  the  service, 
or  honorably  discharged,  or  retired  from  the  service  of  the 
United  States  Army,  Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  who  is  entitled 
to  the  Chinese  Campaign  Medal,  may  become  life  members 
upon  the  payment  of  $3.00. 

This  fee  includes  the  official  insignia  and  life  member- 
ship card,  and  no  other  dues  or  assessments  are  to  be  made. 


IMPERIAL  ORDER  OF  THE  YELLOW  ROSE 

History 

Prior  to  1805  an  order  of  chivarly  was  formed  in 
America,  known  as  the  Imperial  Military  Order  of  the  Yellow 
Rose,  and  on  the  scroll  of  the  Order  the  following  names  are 
stated  to  have  been  found:  "Viscount  de  Fronsac,  John  Mil- 
lidge,  Augusta,  Ga.,  late  Governor;  John  Irvine  Bulloch,  Judge 
Archibald  Stobo  Bulloch,  of  Savannah,  Ga. ;  Noble  Wymberley 
Jones,  M.  D. ;  John  Glen,  Chief  Justice  of  Georgia ;  Major 
John  Habersham,  W.  Harden  and  J.  Maxwell,  all  of  Georgia, 
and  James  De  Veaux  and  John  Rutledge,  of  South  Carolina." 

This  Order  was  revised  May  11,  1 908,  in  Washington 
City,  D.  C.,  by  Dr.  Joseph  Gaston  Baillie  Bulloch,  grandson  of 
John  Irvine  Bulloch,  and  great-grandson  of  Judge  John  Glen 
and  also  descended  from  Dr.  Noble  Wymberley  Jones,  the  title 
of  Military  being  left  off,  and  the  proviso  added  that  "none  but 
those  of  Royal  descent  shall  hereafter  be  admitted  into  mem- 
bership in  the  Order."  After  several  meetings  and  consulta- 
tions a  constitution  was  adopted  and  application  for  a  charter 
was  made  which  was  granted  under  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  in  the  District  of  Columbia  on  the  1  5th  of  June,  1 908. 

Object 

To  keep  an  authentic  record  of  the  ancestry  of  its  mem- 
bers, to  further  historical  research  and  genealogical  purposes. 

Membership 

All  those,  male  and  female,  of  Royal  lineage  of  Aryan 
race  in  any  part  of  the  world. 

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MILITARY  ORDER  OF  FOREIGN  WARS  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES 

Objects 

Whereas,  Pursuant  to  the  original  Institution  of  the  Order, 
the  Military  Order  of  Foreign  Wars  of  the  United  States — 
National  Commandery  has,  by  the  officers  of  the  said  several 
State  Commanderies  in  meeting  duly  assembled,  been  instituted 
to  honor  and  perpetuate  the  names  of  brave  and  loyal  men ;  to 
keep  in  mind  the  memory  of  their  martial  deeds  and  the  vic- 
tories which  they  helped  to  gain;  to  strengthen  the  ties  of  fel- 
lowship among  the  Companions  of  the  Order ;  to  foster  the  cul- 
tivation of  Military  and  Naval  Science;  and  to  aid  in  maintain- 
ing National  Honor,  Union  and  Independence; 

Companionship 

Section  1 .  Any  male  person,  above  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  of  good  moral  char- 
acter and  reputation,  shall  be  eligible  to  Companionship  in  this 
Order  upon  further  qualifying  as  hereinafter  provided.  When 
duly  admitted  such  persons  shall  be  known  as  "Companions." 
These  shall  be  either  "Veteran  Companions,"  "Hereditary  Com- 
panions" or  "Honorary  Companions." 

Section  2.  Veteran  Companions — These  shall  be  per- 
sons who  performed  active  Military  or  Naval  duty  in  any  of  the 
wars  designated  in  Section  IV  of  this  Article,  as  commissioned 
officers  therein,  of  the  Regular  or  Volunteer  Army  and  Navy 
or  Militia,  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  and  who  received  their 
commissions  by  direct  act  of  either  Federal  or  State  authority, 

Provided,  That  when  the  claim  of  eligibility  is  based  upon 
the  service  of  was  honorably  discharged  therefrom,  and 

Provided,  That  where  the  commission  was  received  from 
one  of  the  States,  it  must  be  satisfactorily  shown,  that  the 
Officer  was  actually  called  into  service  by  State  or  National 
Authority  for  the  purpose  of  the  designated  War. 

Section  3.  Hereditary  Companions — These  shall  be  the 
direct  male  lineal  descendants,  in  the  male  line,  of  any  Veteran 
Companion;  or  of  a  commissioned  officer,  as  the  Propositus, 
who  performed  active  military  or  naval  duty,  as  a  commissioned 
officer,  in  any  of  said  wars,  and  who  received  his  commission 
by  direct  act  of  one  of  the  thirteen  original  Colonies,  or  of  Ver- 
mont, or  of  the  Continental  Congress,  or  of  one  of  the  States, 
or  of  the  United  States. 

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Provided,  That  such  Propositus  remained  always  loyal  to 
his  cause  and  was  either  killed  or  died  in  service  or  was  hon-1 
orably  discharged  therefrom;  and 

Provided,  That  when  the  claim  to  eligibility  is  based  upon 
the  service  of  an  ancestor  in  the  "Militia"  it  must  be  satisfac- 
torily shown  that  such  ancestor  was  actually  called  into  the 
service  of  one  of  said  thirteen  original  Colonies,  or  of  Vermont, 
or  of  the  Continental  Congress,  or  of  one  of  the  States,  or  of  the 
United  States,  and  performed  military  duty;  and 

Provided,  That  when  the  claim  to  eligibility  is  based  upon 
the  service  of  an  ancestor  as  a  "Naval"  or  "Marine"  officer,  it 
must  be  satisfactorily  shown  that  such  service  was  regularly 
performed  in  the  Continental  Navy  or  in  the  Navy  of  one  of 
the  thirteen  original  Colonies,  or  of  Vermont,  or  of  one  of  the 
States,  or  of  the  United  States  or  an  armed  vessel,  other  than  a 
merchant  ship,  which  sailed  under  letters  of  marque  and 
reprisal,  and  that  such  ancestor  was  duly  enrolled  in  the  ship's 
company  as  a  commissioned  officer. 

Section  4.  Such  service  must  be  satisfactorily  shown  to 
have  been  performed  in  one  of  the  following  wars: 

The  War  of  the  Revolution,  between  the  19th  day  of 
April,  1775,  and  the  19th  day  of  April,  1783; 

The  War  with  Tripoli,  between  the  10th  day  of  June, 
1801,  and  the  4th  day  of  June,  1805; 

The  War  of  1812,  between  the  18th  day  of  June,  1812, 
and  the  18th  day  of  February,  1815; 

The  Mexican  War,  between  the  9th  day  of  May,  1846, 
and  the  4th  day  of  July,  1 848 ; 

The  War  with  Spain,  between  the  21  st  day  of  April,  1 898, 
and  the  1  1  th  day  of  April,  1 899,  and 

The  China  Relief  Expedition,  between  the  20th  day  of 
June,  1900,  and  the  12th  day  of  May,  1901. 

That  all  men  who  served  as  commissioned  officers  in  all 
future  wars  with  Foreign  Powers,  which  are  recognized  or  pro- 
nounced to  be  wars  by  the  United  States  Government,  shall  be 
eligible  to  this  Order. 

Section  5.  No  applicant  shall  be  admitted  to  Companion- 
ship in  this  Order  who  is  not  judged  to  be  worthy  of  becoming 
a  Companion  and  supporter  thereof. 

Section  6.  Honorary  Companionship — The  President  of 
the  United  States ;  ex-Presidents  of  the  United  States ;  General 

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Officers  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  not  below  the  rank 
of  Major-General;  Flag  Officers  of  the  Navy  of  the  United 
States,  not  below  the  rank  of  Rear- Admiral ;  shall  alone  be 
eligible  to  Honorary  Companionship  in  this  Order,  and  when 
admitted  shall  be  known  as  "Honorary  Companions." 


MILITARY  ORDER  OF  MORO  CAMPAIGNS 

Objects 

The  aim  of  the  Military  Order  of  Moro  Campaigns  is  to 
record  a  complete  history  of  the  service  of  each  organization  in 
Mindanao  and  the  Jolo  Archipelago  since  the  American  occu- 
pation, May  18,  1899,  including  therein  the  history  of  each 
individual,  so  far  as  is  practicable. 

Membership 

Any  person  who  took  part  in  the  expeditions  against  the 
Moros  between  July  15,  1903,  and  December  31st,  1904. 


MILITARY  ORDER  OF  CARABAO 
Objects 

Whereas,  In  the  Providence  of  God,  the  forces  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  of  America  having  been  drawn  to  the  Philippine 
Islands  in  the  conflict  known  as  "The  Spanish- American  War 
of  1898,"  and  the  subsequent  insurrection  against  the  United 
States  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  we,  the  survivors  and  descend- 
ants of  those  who  participated  in  that  contest,  have  joined  to- 
gether to  foster  a  high  standard  of  military  and  social  duty ;  to 
perpetuate  the  memory  of  military  services  in  the  Philippines; 
to  strengthen  the  ties  of  fellowship;  to  collect  and  secure  for 
preservation  rolls,  records,  relics,  books  and  other  documents 
relating  to  that  period;  to  encourage  research  and  publication 
of  historical  data,  and  to  cherish,  maintain  and  extend  the  in- 
stitutions of  American  freedom. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  Any  person  who  shall  have  honorably  served 
in  the  Philippine  Islands  between  May  1,  1898,  and  July  4, 
1902,  both  dates  inclusive,  as  a  commissioned  officer  of  the 

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State  of  New  York 


General  Society  of  the 
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National  Society  of 

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United  States  Regular  or  Volunteer  Army,  Navy,  Marine  Corps, 
Philippine  Scouts,  or  as  a  Naval  Cadet  or  Midshipman,  or  as 
Acting  Assistant  Surgeon,  Contract  Surgeon,  Contract  Dental 
Surgeon,  or  any  person  who  so  served  as  an  enlisted  man  in 
the  United  States  Army,  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  and  subse- 
quently received  a  commission  for  appointment  in  any  of  the 
above-named  classes,  shall  be  eligible  for  election  as  a  Veteran 
Carabao ;  and  any  accredited  war  correspondent  who  served  in 
the  Philippine  Islands  between  May  1,  1898,  and  July  4,  1902, 
both  dates  inclusive,  shall  be  eligible  to  election  as  an  Associate 
Carabao,  with  all  the  privileges  of  Carabaos,  except  those  of 
voting  and  holding  office. 

Section  2.  Honorary  membership  in  the  Order  may  be 
conferred  by  the  Main  Corral  upon  the  President  of  the  United 
States  and  upon  the  Governor-Generals  of  the  Philippines  or 
upon  those  who  have  held  that  office. 

Section  3.  The  oldest  lineal  male  descendant  over  21 
years  of  age  of  a  Veteran  Carabao  or  person  eligible  to  become 
one  shall  be  eligible  to  join  the  Order  as  a  Tenero  during  his 
ancestor's  life,  and  at  his  death  the  Tenero  shall  become  a 
Hereditary  Carabao. 


MILITARY  ORDER  OF  THE  DRAGON 
Objects 

The  purpose  of  the  Order  shall  be  to  record  the  history  and 
conserve  the  memory  of  the  military  campaign  in  China  in  the 
year  1900. 

Membership 

The  membership  of  the  Order  shall  consist  of  four  classes : 
Active  Members.  All  regular  and  volunteer  commis- 
sioned officers  of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy  and  Marine 
Corps,  Acting  Assistant  Surgeons  and  authorized  Volunteer 
Staff  Officers,  who  served  as  such,  or  as  an  enlisted  man,  in 
North  China  or  in  the  Gulf  of  Pechili  in  connection  with  or  as 
a  part  of  any  military  operation  and  under  the  orders  of  the 
respective  Army  and  Navy  Commanders  thereof  between  June 
15th  and  December  31st,  1900,  and  all  members  of  the  Diplo- 
matic and  Consular  services  of  the  United  States  in  Tientsin  and 
Peking  during  said  period  shall  be  eligible  as  active  members. 

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Hereditary  Members.  The  nearest  male  descendant,  21 
years  of  age  or  over,  of  active  members,  may  become  hereditary 
members  upon  election  by  the  Executive  Committee  and  the 
payment  of  the  fees  and  dues  hereinafter  provided.  Hereditary 
members  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote  or  hold  office.  Upon  the 
death  of  the  active  member  from  whom  the  hereditary  member 
derives  eligibility,  such  hereditary  member  shall  become  an 
active  member  by  hereditary,  and  shall  be  transferred  to  the 
active  list,  with  all  its  rights  and  privileges. 

Honorary  Members.  All  members  of  the  foreign  diplo- 
matic corps  present  on  duty  in  Peking  at  any  time  during  the 
period  from  June  1  5th  to  December  3 1  st,  1 900,  all  military  and 
naval  commissioned  officers  of  other  services  than  that  of  the 
United  States  present  in  North  China,  or  in  the  Gulf  of  Pechili, 
and  engaged  in  the  military  operations  thereat,  between  the 
dates  above  specified,  may  become  Honorary  Members  upon  ap- 
plication. 

Honorary  Hereditary  Members.  Male  descendants  of  21 
years  of  age  or  over,  of  those  eligible  to  Honorary  Membership, 
may  become  Honorary  Hereditary  Members  upon  election  by 
the  Executive  Committee. 


MILITARY  ORDER  OF  THE  FRENCH  ALLIANCE 
Object 

To  carry  out  the  injunctions  of  Washington  in  his  farewell 
address  to  the  American  people. 

"The  Unity  of  Government,  which  constitutes  you  one 
people,  ...  is  a  main  pillar  in  the  edifice  of  your  real  inde- 
pendence. .  .  .  The  name  of  American,  which  belongs  to  you 
in  your  national  capacity,  must  always  exalt  the  just  pride  of 
patriotism  more  than  any  appellation  derived  from  local  dis- 
criminations  In  contemplating  the  causes  which  may 

disturb  our  Union,  it  occurs  as  matter  of  serious  concern  that 
any  ground  should  have  been  furnished  for  characterizing  par- 
ties by  geographical  discrimination — Northern  and  Southern, 
Atlantic  and  Western.  .  .  .  To  the  efficacy  and  permanency 
of  your  Union,  a  government  for  the  whole  is  indispensable. 
.  .  .  The  basis  of  our  political  system  is  the  right  of  the  people 
to  make  and  to  alter  their  constitution  of  government;  but  the 
constitution  which  at  any  time  exists,  until  changed  by  an  ex- 

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plicit  and  authentic  act  of  the  whole  people,  is  sacredly  obliga- 
tory upon  all.  .  .  .  Resist  with  care  the  spirit  of  innovation 
upon  its  principles.  .  .  .  Let  me  warn  you  in  the  most  solemn 
manner  against  the  baneful  effects  of  the  spirit  of  party.  .  . 
The  habits  of  thinking  in  a  free  country  should  inspire  caution 
in  those  intrusted  with  its  administration,  to  confine  themselves 
within  their  respective  constitutional  spheres,  avoiding  in  the 
exercise  of  the  powers  of  one  department  to  encroach  upon 
another.  ...  If,  in  the  opinion  of  the  people,  the  distribution 
or  modification  of  the  constitutional  powers  be  in  any  particular 
wrong,  let  it  be  corrected  by  an  amendment  in  the  way  which 
the  constitution  designates;  but  let  there  be  no  change  by 
usurpation.  ...  Of  all  the  dispositions  and  habits  which  lead 
to  political  prosperity,  religion  and  morality  are  indispensable 
supports.  .  .  .  Promote,  as  an  object  of  primary  importance, 
institutions  for  the  general  diffusion  of  knowledge.  .  .  .  As  a 
very  important  source  of  strength  and  security,  cherish  public 
credit.  .  .  .  Observe  good  faith  and  justice  towards  all  nations; 
cultivate  peace  and  harmony  with  all.  .  .  .  Inveterate 
antipathies  against  particular  nations  and  passionate  attach- 
ments for  others  should  be  excluded.  .  .  .  Against  the  insidi- 
ous wiles  of  foreign  influence,  the  jealousy  of  a  free  people 
ought  to  be  constantly  awake.  .  .  .  The  great  rule  of  conduct 
for  us  in  regard  to  foreign  nations  is,  in  extending  our  com- 
mercial relations,  to  have  with  them  as  little  political  connec- 
tion as  possible.  ...  Taking  care  always  to  keep  ourselves, 
by  suitable  establishment,  on  a  respectable  defensive  posture, 
we  may  safely  trust  to  temporary  alliances  for  extraordinary 
emergencies.  .  .  .  The  duty  of  holding  a  neutral  conduct  (in 
case  of  war  between  foreign  nations)  may  be  inferred  from 
the  obligation  which  justice  and  humanity  impose  on  every 
nation,  in  cases  in  which  it  is  free  to  act,  to  maintain  inviolate 
the  relations  of  peace  and  amity  towards  other  nations." 

Membership 

Lineal  male  descendants  through  officers  of  the  colonists 
and  our  French  Allies,  of  the  Revolutionary  Army  and  Navy 
who  took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  War  against  the  British. 


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MILITARY  ORDER  OF  THE  MIDNIGHT  SUN 

Information  as  to  Objects  and  Requirements  for  Member- 
ship not  available  at  time  of  publication. 


MILITARY  ORDER  OF  THE  SERPENT 
Founded  January  1  st,  1 904.      Incorporated  August  6th,  1 907 

Objects 

To  maintain  a  secret  and  social  Society  to  perpetuate  the 
memories  of  the  war  with  Spain,  the  incident  struggle  in  the 
Philippines,  the  China  Relief  Expedition ;  for  literary  purposes 
connected  with  these  wars,  as  well  as  to  more  firmly  establish 
good  fellowship  among  the  comrades  of  the  United  Spanish 
War  Veterans. 

Membership 

Is  limited  to  members  of  the  United  Spanish  War  Veterans, 
in  good  standing  in  that  body. 


NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  OF  NAVAL  VETERANS, 
U.S.  OF  A.,  1861-1865 

Organized  January  1 3th,  1 887 
Membership 

Limited  to  officers  and  men  who  served  in  the  United  States 
Navy  from  1861  to  1865. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY  AMERICANS  OF  ROYAL  DESCENT 

Incorporated  May  2d,  1908 

Object 

The  Society  was  formed  for  the  purpose  of  preserving  the 
historical  ancestry  of  the  early  settlers  of  America. 

Membership 

The  Society  is  composed  of  both  men  and  women  of  good 
standing  in  one  of  the  American  Ancestral  Societies  other  than 

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Aryan  Order  of 

Saint  George  of  the 

Empire  in  America 


Descendants  of 
the  Signers  of  the 

Declaration 
of  Independence 


- 


Society  of  the  Daughters 
of  Holland  Dames 


Military  Order  of  the 
Dragon 


MILITARY 

Informa- 
ship  not  availa1 


^IGHT  Si 

'nents  for  Member- 


aril 


-lo 


A  ni  3iiqm3 
'itfc  afMiej*  : 'it.  inci< 

•n;  for  literary  purposes 

ar*   *«  well  as  to  more  firmly  establish 

•  omrades  of  the  United  Spanish 

Member 

*rs  of  the  Uwiml  Spanish  War  Veterans, 
body. 


NAI   ASSOCIATION 
U.S.  OF  A. 

imized  Janua. 

Membershi; 

Limited  to  officers  and  men  who  • 
from  1861  to  1865. 


ION  AL  SOCIETY  AMERICANS 
Incorporated  ML 
Object 

was  formed  for  the  p»wpo 
kai  a^.-r-.jtnf  of  the  early  sel 

Member 
o  isbiO  \f76iiItM1  omposed  of  I: 


American  Ancc»trd 
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nelloH  \o 


serving  the 


of  good 
ler  than 


PLATE  V 


the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  of  "Royal 
Descent."  Every  application  for  membership  shall  be  accom- 
panied by  proof  of  eligibility.  The  payment  of  thirty  dollars 
shall  constitute  life  membership  and  exemption  from  assess- 
ment. This  payment  shall  accompany  the  candidate's  appli- 
cation papers,  which  have  to  be  endorsed  by  an  officer  of  a 
Colonial  Society.  In  the  event  that  a  candidate  for  member- 
ship is  not  found  eligible,  the  membership  fee  paid  shall  be 
refunded,  less  a  charge  of  twenty  dollars  for  genealogical  ex- 
amination. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY  COLONIAL  DAMES 
XVII  CENTURY 

Organized  July  24,  1915,  following  Meeting  of  the  International 
Genealogical  Congress  at  San  Francisco 

Objects 

To  aid  in  establishing  a  College  of  Heraldry  in  America; 
to  establish  chairs  of  historical  research  in  state  universities;  to 
commemorate  the  deeds  of  the  men  and  women  of  the  Colonial 
period. 

Membership 

By  invitation.  Life  membership,  $  1 0.  Certificate  descend- 
ing to  next  of  kin  without  further  dues. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY  COLONIAL  DAUGHTERS 
OF  AMERICA 

Organized  May  13th,  1907 

Object 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  women  of  the  Colonial 
period  from  1607  to  1776 — the  noble  women  who  established 
homes,  founded  families,  introduced  refinement  and  culture  and 
made  civilization  and  sound  morals  permanent  occupants  of  our 
country. 

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Membership 

Any  gentlewoman  who  has  attained  her  sixteenth  year,  of 
good  moral  character  and  standing,  who  is  acceptable  to  the 
Society,  is  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Daughters,  who  is  descended  from  an  ancestor  who  served  in 
any  of  the  battles  under  Colonial  authority,  or  who  rilled  the 
office  of  Governor,  Deputy  Governor,  Lieutenant  Governor, 
member  of  the  Council  or  Assembly  or  delegate  to  the  Legis- 
lature, or  as  a  military,  naval  or  marine  officer  in  the  service  of 
the  colonies,  or  under  the  banner  of  Great  Britain  in  North 
America,  in  the  wars  in  which  said  colonies  participated  or  fur- 
nished troops  from  the  settlement  of  Virginia  in  1607  to  the 
battle  of  Lexington  1775,  and  descendants  and  members  of 
Committee  of  Safety  1  775-1  776,  members  of  Continental  Con- 
gresses 1  774-1  775  and  Signers  of  Declaration  of  Independence. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  DAUGHTERS  OF  FOUNDERS 
AND  PATRIOTS  OF  AMERICA 

Objects 

Section  1.  To  associate  congenial  women  whose  ances- 
tors struggled  together  for  life,  liberty,  home  and  happiness 
in  this  land  when  it  was  a  new  and  unknown  country,  and 
whose  lines  of  descent  come  through  patriots  who  sustained  the 
Colonies  in  the  struggle  for  independence  in  the  Revolutionary 
War. 

Section  2.  To  teach  reverent  regard  for  the  names  and 
history,  character,  deeds  and  heroism  of  the  founders  of  this 
country  and  their  patriotic  descendants  and  to  inculcate  patriot- 
ism in  the  present  and  succeeding  generations. 

Section  3.  To  discover  and  preserve  family  records  and 
history  otherwise  unwritten  and  unknown,  of  the  first  Colonists, 
their  ancestors  and  descendants. 

Section  4.  To  commemorate  events  of  the  history  of  the 
Colonies  and  of  the  Republic,  and  in  times  of  war  to  obtain  and 
forward  supplies  for  field  hospitals. 

Membership 

Section  1.  Eligibility  for  membership  is  founded  upon 
descent  from  patriotic  ancestry  in  unbroken  line  through  the 
Colonial  times  and  the  Revolutionary  War. 

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Section  2.  Any  woman,  above  the  age  of  eighteen  years, 
of  good  moral  character  and  reputation,  is  eligible  to  member- 
ship, provided  that  she  is  descended  in  the  direct  paternal  line 
of  either  father  or  mother  from  an  ancestor  who  settled  in  any 
of  the  Colonies  now  included  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
from  the  settlement  of  Jamestown,  Va.,  May  1  3,  1607,  to  May 
13,  1 687,  and  provided  that  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  an 
ancestor  in  said  direct  line,  by  personal  service  in  a  civil  or  mili- 
tary capacity,  assisted  in  establishing  American  Independence. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  NEW  ENGLAND  WOMEN 
Instituted  January  24th,  1 895.    Incorporated  March  4th,  1 895 

Objects 

To  promote  social  and  intellectual  intercourse  among  its 
members  and  to  offer  advice  and  asistance  to  women  of  New 
England  birth  and  ancestry,  residing  in  portions  of  the  United 
States  other  than  New  England. 

It  is  not  the  intention  to  make  this  a  benevolent  society. 
It  is  only  intended  to  render  a  service  in  any  way  to  any  New 
England  women  who  may  need  it.  The  intention  of  the  Society 
is  to  carry  out  New  England  principles  as  far  as  possible,  of 
advancing  the  cause  of  intellectual  progress,  of  searching  up 
new  ideas  and  introducing  anything  of  a  social  nature  which 
would  seem  to  add  to  the  happiness  of  its  members. 

Membership 

(a).  Any  woman  of  American  parentage  over  eighteen 
years  of  age,  who  was  born  in  New  England  and  both  of  whose 
parents  were  born  in  New  England,  is  eligible  for  membership  in 
this  Society. 

(b).  If  not  of  New  England  birth,  she  must  represent 
through  both  parents  at  least  two  generations  of  New  England 
ancestry,  or  she  must  represent  through  one  parent  at  least 
three  generations  of  New  England  ancestry. 

(c).  New  England  birth  on  the  part  of  an  applicant  shall 
count  as  one  generation. 

(d).  An  applicant  descended  from  a  pioneer,  who  be- 
came a  permanent  settler  in  New  England  prior  to  1645,  shall 
have  the  privilege  of  representing  through  said  pioneer  one 
generation. 

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NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  PATRIOTIC 
WOMEN  OF  AMERICA 

Objects 

1 .  To  foster  love  of  country. 

2.  To  encourage  fitting  celebrations  of  patriotic  anniver- 
saries. 

3.  To  teach  immigrants,  and  especially  their  children,  the 
true  meaning  of  the  American  Flag,  and  what  it  stands  for,  in 
order  that  they  may  become  loyal  citizens  of  our  Republic. 

4.  To  make  this  Society  an  active  factor  in  patriotic  edu- 
cational progress. 

5.  To  extend  the  work  of  this  Society  by  forming  branch 
societies  in  other  cities  and  states  of  the  Union. 

Membership 

Any  woman  is  eligible  for  membership  who  will  subscribe 
to  the  objects  of  this  Society,  subject  to  the  rules  for  admission 
set  forth  in  the  By-Laws. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF 
THE  PHILIPPINES 

Any  officer,  soldier  or  sailor  of  the  regular  or  volunteer 
Army,  Navy  and  Marine  Corps  who  served  honorably  in  the 
Philippine  Islands  during  the  Spanish-American  War  or  in  the 
Philippine  insurrection,  including  Jolo  and  Mindanao  expedi- 
tions of  1 906,  is  eligible  to  membership. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  CHILDREN  OF  THE 
AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

Incorporated  April  11th,  1895 
Objects 

We,  the  children  and  youth  of  America,  in  order  to  know 
more  about  our  country  from  its  formation  and  thus  grow  up 
into  good  citizens,  with  a  love  for,  and  an  understanding  of, 
the  principles  and  institutions  of  our  ancestors,  do  unite  under 

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VE 


The  Society  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac 

•• 


^H 


The  Huguenot  Society 
of  America 


The  Hereditary  Order 

of  Descendants  of 

Colonial  Governors 

Prior  to  1  750 


The  American 
Red  Cross 


NATIONA  ATRIO 

1ERICA 

» 

1.  To  fottot  W.   .: 

2.  1  as  ol p**r*a*sc  wuiiver 

J  •« 


true 


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the  Union.      Oflmoloq 


gfigible  for  membership  who  will  subscribe 
Societ>    tubject  fco  t|»e  rules  for  admission 


soldier  or  sailor  ot   ?;-.»,   ; 

Marine  Corps  who  terv*- 
MJs  during  the  Spanish  A 
urrection,  including  Jo1*---  »u«<i 
is  eligible  to  member*}*.5? 


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AMeRKwm4.n"Io:) 

Oc\  I  ol  lonM 
fncorporated  April  1 1 1 

Objects 

u  <^n  and  youth  of  Amerkv.  '    to  know 

n     .  ry  horn  its  formation  is  IK!  tjbtts  grow  up 

h  a  love  for,  and  *ft  tUMXTBtanding  of, 

nitions  oi  our  aooe^^r*,  do  unite  under 

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PLATE  VI 


the  guidance  and  government  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  in  the  Society  to  be  called  the  National  Society 
of  the  Children  of  the  American  Revolution. 

We  take  as  objects  of  this  Society,  to  work  for:  First, 
the  acquisition  of  knowledge  of  American  history,  so  that  we 
may  understand  and  love  our  country  better,  and  then  any 
patriotic  work  that  will  help  us  to  that  end,  keeping  a  constant 
endeavor  to  influence  all  other  children  and  youth  to  the  same 
purpose ;  to  help  to  save  the  places  made  sacred  by  the  Ameri- 
can men  and  women  who  forwarded  American  Independence; 
to  find  out  and  to  honor  the  lives  of  children  and  youth  of  the 
Colonies  and  of  the  American  Revolution;  to  promote  the 
celebration  of  all  patriotic  anniversaries ;  to  place  a  copy  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence  and  other  historic  documents  in 
every  place  appropriate  for  them;  to  hold  our  American  flag 
sacred  above  every  other  flag  on  earth.  In  short,  to  follow  the 
injunctions  of  Washington,  who,  in  his  youth,  served  his  coun- 
try, till  we  can  perform  the  duties  of  good  citizens. 

And  to  love,  uphold,  and  extend  the  institutions  of  Amer- 
ican liberty  and  patriotism,  and  the  principles  that  made  and 
saved  our  country. 

Membership 

All  children  and  youth  of  America,  of  both  sexes,  from 
birth  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years  for  the  girls  and  twenty-one 
years  for  the  boys,  may  join  this  Society,  provided  they  de- 
scend in  direct  line  from  patriotic  ancestors  who  helped  to  plant 
or  to  perpetuate  this  country  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

One  of  the  reasons  for  starting  this  work  is  that  it  will 
tend  to  popularize  the  work  of  the  public  school  toward  patriot- 
ism and  good  government. 

Those  children  who  are  not  eligible  for  membership  are 
to  be  gathered  by  the  Local  Societies  into  all  its  public  meetings, 
into  its  plans,  and  its  work,  and  its  pleasures ;  so  that  the  move- 
ment may  be  said  to  be  one  of  the  broadest  and  most  beneficent 
that  has  touched  child  life. 


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NATIONAL  SOCIETY  UNITED  STATES  DAUGHTERS 

OF  1812 

Organized  January  8th,  1 892 
Incorporated  by  Act  of  Congress  February  25th,  1901 

Purpose 

Section  1 .  In  general,  our  one  purpose  is  the  promotion 
of  patriotism,  and  we  seek  to  carry  out  the  patriotic,  historical, 
educational  and  benevolent  purposes  stated  in  our  charter. 

In  particular,  we  strive  to  preserve  and  increase  knowl- 
edge of  the  history  of  the  American  people,  by  the  preservation 
of  documents  and  relics,  the  marking  of  historic  spots,  the  re- 
cording of  family  histories  and  traditions,  the  celebrating  of 
patriotic  anniversaries,  and  especially  the  emphasizing  land 
teaching  of  heroic  deeds  in  the  civil,  military  and  naval  life  of 
those  who  moulded  this  government  of  the  United  States,  and 
saved  it  from  foes  both  within  and  without,  between  the  close 
of  the  American  Revolution,  and  the  close  of  the  War  of  1812. 

Sec.  2.  We  urge  the  United  States  Government,  through 
an  Act  of  Congress,  to  compile  and  publish  authentic  records 
of  men  in  military,  naval  and  civil  service  from  1  784  to  1815, 
inclusive. 

Sec.  3.  We  make  it  the  duty  of  each  state  society  to 
acquire  if  possible  and  to  preserve  documents  and  records  of 
events  for  which  its  state  is  renowned,  and  to  advise  the  his- 
torian national  of  such  possessions  and  of  any  unpublished  his- 
torical data  concerning  the  state  during  this  period. 

Membership 

Any  white  woman  over  eighteen  years  of  age,  of  good 
character,  who  offers  satisfactory  proof  that  she  is  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  an  ancestor  who  rendered  civil,  military  or  naval 
service  to  his  country  during  the  years  1  784-181  5,  inclusive,  is 
eligible  to  membership,  provided  the  applicant  be  acceptable  to 
the  society. 

Civil  service  must  have  been  in  some  one  of  the  following 
capacities : 

A  member  of  the  Continental,  or  United  States  Con- 
gresses. 

A  member  of  the  legislature  of  one  of  the  first  eight- 
een States. 

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A  delegate  to  the  convention  which  framed  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States. 

A  member  of  a  state  convention  which  ratified  said 
Constitution. 

An  elector  of  one  of  the  first  four  presidents  of  the 
United  States. 

A  legislative,  executive  or  judicial  officer  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  (not  state)  Government,  including 
such  appointive  national  officers  as  treaty  com- 
missioner, etc. 

Military  or  naval  service  may  have  been  in  any  one  of  the 
following  insurrections  or  wars : 

Wyoming  Valley,  Pennsylvania,  1  784-87. 

Shay's  Rebellion,  Massachusetts,  1  786-87. 

Wars  with  the  Indians,  1784-1815. 

Whiskey  Insurrection,  Pennsylvania,  1  794. 

War  with  France  (Undeclared),  1798-1800. 

Sabine  Expedition,  Louisiana,  1806. 

Attack  of  British  warship  Leopard  upon  United  States 
frigate  Chesapeake,  1 807. 

Embargo  Troubles  in  Lake  Champlain,  1 808. 

Engagement  between  United  States  frigate  "Presi- 
dent" and  British  ship  "Little  Belt,"  181  1. 

Expedition  against  Lafitte  Pirates,  1814. 

War  with  the  Barbary  Powers,  1 801-05  and  1815. 

War  with  Great  Britain,  1812-15.  Service  in  the 
army  or  navy,  either  as  officer  or  as  private,  or 
the  giving  of  notable  aid  to  the  army  or  navy. 


NAVY  LEAGUE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
Incorporated  1903 

Objects 

The  Navy  League  believes  that  most  modern  wars  arise 
largely  from  commercial  rivalries;  that  following  the  present 
war  will  come  the  most  drastic  commercial  readjustment  and 
the  most  dangerous  rivalries  ever  known ;  that  the  United  States 
will  be  the  storm  center  of  these  disturbances ;  and  that,  conse- 

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quently,  it  is  our  duty  to  guard  ourselves  against  these  dangers 
while  there  is  yet  time. 

The  first  need  was  more  ships  and  more  men  to  make  our 
country  second,  at  least,  among  the  great  naval  powers.  This 
need  is  in  process  of  realization,  due  largely  to  the  fact  that  the 
Navy  League  has  been  instrumental  in  creating  an  overwhelm- 
ing public  sentiment  for  naval  preparedness  and  bringing  that 
sentiment  to  bear  upon  the  constituted  authorities. 

It  is  now  the  purpose  of  the  League  to  endeavor  to  sus- 
tain and  keep  alive  popular  interest  in  the  Navy  and  to  drive 
home  the  fact  that  what  has  been  accomplished  is  only  a  begin- 
ning. The  country  needs  a  national  defense  commission  to 
study  international  relations  and  advise  the  President  and  Con- 
gress as  to  policies  of  national  defense ;  it  needs  the  budget  sys- 
tem; it  needs  the  utmost  efficiency  with  economy  in  naval  ad- 
ministration; and  it  needs  a  great  merchant  marine  to  enable 
our  export  trade  to  meet  foreign  competition  and  to  supply  the 
naval  auxiliaries  without  which  in  time  of  war  our  fleet  might 
be  helpless.  These  are  the  most  important  but  by  no  means 
all,  of  the  questions  involved  in  the  building  up  of  a  real  effi- 
cient fighting  machine  capable  of  insuring  the  peace  and  pros- 
perity of  the  nation. 

Membership 

Any  American  citizen  is  eligible  to  become  a  member  of 
the  League. 


NAVAL  ORDER  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
Organized  July  4,   1890 

This  organization  is  believed  to  be  the  first  hereditary 
society  in  which  eligibility  was  "dependent  on  purely  naval 
service." 

The  Naval  Order  consists  of  the  General  Commandery 
and  State  Commanderies.  The  legislative  body  for  the  whole 
Order  is  the  Congress,  which,  composed  of  the  General  Officers 
and  Delegates  from  each  Commandery,  meets  in  regular  session 
every  third  year,  on  October  5th,  the  anniversary  of  the 
Adoption  by  Congress  in  1775  of  the  resolution  formally  au- 
thorizing the  fitting-out  of  the  first  ships  of  the  navy. 

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Objects 

Whereas,  Many  of  the  principal  battles  and  famous  vic- 
tories of  the  several  wars  in  which  the  United  States  has  par- 
ticipated were  fought  and  achieved  by  the  Naval  forces; 

Whereas,  It  is  well  and  fitting  that  the  illustrious  deeds 
of  the  great  Naval  commanders,  their  companion  officers  in  arms 
and  their  subordinates  in  the  Wars  of  the  United  States  should 
be  forever  honored  and  respected; 

Therefore,  Entertaining  the  most  exalted  admiration  for 
the  undying  achievements  of  the  Navy,  we,  the  survivors  and 
descendants  of  participants  of  those  memorable  conflicts,  have 
joined  ourselves  together  and  have  instituted  the  "Naval  Order 
of  the  United  States,"  that  we  may  transmit  to  our  latest 
posterity  their  glorious  names  and  memories ;  and  to  encourage 
research  and  publication  of  data  pertaining  to  Naval  art  and 
science,  and  to  establish  libraries  in  which  to  preserve  all  docu- 
ments, rolls,  books,  portraits  and  relics  relating  to  the  Navy 
and  its  heroes  at  all  times. 

Membership 

The  following  shall  be  eligible  to  membership:  Commis- 
sioned officers  of  the  Navy  and  of  the  Marine  Corps  of  the 
United  States,  whether  of  the  regular  or  volunteer  service,  grad- 
uates of  the  Naval  Academy,  and  commissioned  officers  of  the 
Revenue  Marine  Service  who  have  served  under  the  orders  of 
the  Navy  Department  in  time  of  war ;  and  all  persons  who  have 
held  any  such  commission  under  the  authority  of  any  of  the 
thirteen  original  Colonies  or  States,  or  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress, or  of  the  United  States.  Provided,  that  those  who  have 
left  the  service  shall  have  resigned  with  honorable  record  or  shall 
have  been  honorably  discharged.  And  provided  further,  that  no 
one  who  shall  at  any  time  have  borne  arms  against  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  shall  be  eligible. 

All  male  descendants  over  twenty-one  years  of  age  of  those 
who  are  eligible  as  above,  or,  in  default  thereof,  one  collateral 
representative. 


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ORDER  OF  AMERICANS  OF  ARMORIAL  ANCESTRY 

Founded  by  Mrs.  Wm.  Gerry  Slade 
Instituted  1903-4 

Objects 

This  is  an  Order  founded  wholly  on  Heraldic  Ancestry,  to 
promote  genealogical,  biographical  and  historical  research,  and 
to  place  upon  record  the  ancestry  of  such  of  the  founders  of 
this  country  as  can  be  definitely  traced  into  the  Mother  Country. 

It  is  for  men  and  women  who  are  descended  from  those 
who  were  entitled  to  bear  arms. 

Membership 

Membership  is  acquired  by  invitation  and  an  unbroken  and 
proven  line  to  the  bearer  of  a  grant  or  confirmation  of  arms,  or 
to  one  who  is  recorded  as  entitled  to  bear  coat-armor.  The 
admission  fee  constitutes  life  membership,  with  no  dues,  and 
carries  with  it  the  insignia  of  the  Order  in  gold  bearing  the 
arms  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  first  five  countries  which 
sent  its  earliest  settlers  to  America,  from  which  its  ancestry  is 
largely  derived. 


ORDER  OF  INDIAN  WARS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 

Objects 

The  objects  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  perpetuate  the  mem- 
ories of  the  services  rendered  by  the  military  forces  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  in  their  conflicts  and  wars  against  hostile  Indians  with- 
in the  territory  or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  and  to  col- 
lect and  secure  for  publication  historical  data  relating  to  the 
instances  of  heroic  service  and  personal  devotion  by  which 
Indian  warfare  has  been  illustrated. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  Companions  of  this  Society  shall  be  elected  as 
herein  provided  and  for  the  two  classes  specified,  and  shall  be 
designated  as  Original  and  Hereditary  Companions. 

Original  Companions 

Commissioned  officers  and  honorably  discharged  commis- 
sioned officers  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  Navy  and  Marine  Corps,  and 

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of  State  and  Territorial  Military  Organizations,  and  Acting 
Assistant  Surgeons,  U.  S.  Army,  who  have  been  or  who  here- 
after may  be  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  any 
military  grade  whatsoever,  in  conflicts,  battles  or  actual  field 
service  against  hostile  Indians  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States.  Those  becoming  companions  under  any  of  the 
foregoing  qualifications  shall  be  designated  as  Original  Com- 
panions. 

Hereditary  Companions 

The  male  descendants  of  Original  Companions  and  the 
male  descendants  of  those  eligible  for  membership  as  Original 
Companions,  but  who  died  without  becoming  Companions, 
such  descendants  having  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
shall  be  eligible  for  membership  and  shall,  when  duly  elected, 
be  designated  as  Hereditary  Companions. 

Commissioned  officers  of  the  Army,  Navy  and  Marine 
Corps  of  the  United  States,  descendants  of  honorably  discharged 
enlisted  men  who  had  the  qualifications  requisite  for  eligibility 
for  membership  as  Original  Companions  save  that  of  having 
been  Commissioned,  are  also  eligible,  and  may  be  elected  as 
Hereditary  Companions. 

Section  2.  Any  Original  Companion,  or  any  Hereditary 
Companion,  having  no  direct  male  descendant,  may,  by  writ- 
ing, filed  with  the  Recorder,  nominate  an  Hereditary  Compan- 
ion descending  only  from  his  own  brother  or  sister,  and  the 
person  so  nominated  shall,  upon  attaining  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  be  eligible  as  an  Hereditary  Companion. 

Section  3.  No  person  shall  be  deemed  eligible  for  mem- 
bership in  the  Society  who  has  not  maintained  a  good  moral 
character  and  reputation. 

Section  4.  The  eligibility  of  any  person  to  be  an  Heridi- 
tary  Companion  shall  not  lapse  by  reason  of  any  person  in  the 
line  of  descent  either  failing  to  become  a  Companion  of  the 
Society  or  forfeiting,  for  any  cause,  his  membership  or 
eligibility. 


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ORDER  OF  RUNNEMEDE 

Instituted  January  8th,   1 898 

Objects 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  men,  who  after  many 
defeats,  finally  secured  the  charter  of  rights  and  liberties,  prop- 
erly called  the  Magna  Charta,  from  their  sovereign,  John,  King 
of  England,  which  he  ratified  and  delivered  to  them  "in  the 
meadow  which  is  called  Runnemede,  between  Windsor  and 
Staines,"  on  the  1  5th  day  of  June  (O.  S.)  A.  D.  1215. 

To  keep  fresh  in  our  minds  the  events  connected  with  this 
celebrated  episode  in  the  annals  of  the  English  race. 

To  promote  good  fellowship  among  the  descendants  of 
those  who  extorted  the  Magna  Charta  from  King  John. 

To  inspire  members  of  the  Order  and  others,  with  admira- 
tion, and  to  foster  respect,  for  the  principles  of  Constitutional 
Government,  first  established  by  the  statutes  of  the  Great  Char- 
ter granted  by  King  John. 

To  celebrate  the  anniversary  of  the  date  (June  1  5th)  of 
the  granting  of  this  the  most  celebrated  charter  of  rights  and 
liberties. 

The  Order  of  Runnemede  shall  be  governed  by  the  fol- 
lowing Statutes,  to  wit: 

Membership 

The  membership  of  the  Order  shall  be  composed  of  its 
Founders,  and  of  men  qualified  under  Section  1  of  this  Statute. 

Section  1 .  Any  man  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in 
the  Order,  who  has  been  proposed  in  writing  by  a  member  of 
the  Order,  with  the  written  consent  of  the  candidate,  and  has 
been  recommended  for  election  by  two  members,  one  of  whom 
is  personally  acquainted  with  him,  providing  always,  that  he 
is  a  lineal  descendant,  in  the  male,  or  female  line,  of  an  ancestor 
who  rendered  actual  service  in,  or  before,  the  year  A.  D.  1215, 
towards  securing  the  articles  of  constitutional  liberty,  known  as 
the  Magna  Charta,  from  John,  King  of  England,  in  the  years 
1214-1215. 

Section  2.  The  membership  of  the  Order  shall  be  divided 
into  two  bodies,  called  First  Class  and  Second  Class. 

Section  3.  The  First  Class  shall  be  limited  to  one  hun- 
dred members,  and  shall  be  composed  of  (a)  the  Founders  of 

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Society  of  the  Army  of 
Santiago  de  Cuba 


The 

Pennsylvania -German 
Society 


Society  of  the 
Porto  Rican  Expedition 


Military  Order  of 

Foreign  Wars  of  the 

United  States 


The  Society  of  the 
Ark  and  the  Dove 


ORDER  OF 

institute/ 


defeats, 


Tiany 


}o 


vrmA  -iHl 


among  the  descendants  of 
.irta  from.  King  John. 

ier  and  others,  with  admira- 
principles  of  Constitutional 
8  of  the  Great  Char- 

ate  (June  1  5th)  of 
arter  of  rights  and 


avoQ 


of  Runnetnede  shall 
to  wk: 


fol- 


of  the  Orrf* 


'  men  qualifieo 

Any  man  shall  1*  H 
Kas  been  proposed  in 
the  written  coiUMpft  il 
ted  for  election  by  tv» 
juainted  with  him,  f> 
lant,  in  the  ma1 
tual  service  in, 

the  articles  of  c 

m.John,  King 


nortibaqx3  nsoifl  .oiioS 


• 


membership  of  th 
Class  and 


vided 


3.     Thr  First  Class  shall  be  united  to  one  hun- 
obers,  and  shall  be  composed  •:  >e  Founders  of 


PLATE  VII 


> 


the  Order,  and  of  (b)  lineal  male  descendants  of  one  or  more 
of  the  twenty-five  barons  who  were  selected  to  be  the  Sureties 
for  the  proper  observance  of  the  statutes  contained  in  the 
Magna  Charta,  namely:  William  d'Albini,  Hugh  le  Bigod, 
Roger  le  Bigod,  Henry  de  Bohun,  Gilbert  de  Clare,  Richard  de 
Clare,  John  Fitz  Robert,  Robert  Fitz  Walter,  William  de  Forti- 
bus,  William  de  Hardell,  William  de  Huntingfield,  John  de 
Lacie,  William  de  Malet,  Geoffrey  de  Mandeville,  William  le 
Marshall,  Richard  de  Montfichet,  Roger  de  Mowbray,  William 
de  Mowbray,  Richard  de  Percy,  Saher  de  Quincey,  Robert  de 
Roos,  Geoffrey  de  Say,  Robert  de  Vere,  Eustace  de  Vesci, 
William  de  Lanvallei. 

Section  4.  The  Second  Class  shall  be  unlimited  in  its 
membership,  and  shall  be  composed  of  lineal  male  descendants 
of  the  Sureties  for  the  Magna  Charta,  or  of  any  men  who  were 
unfailing  in  their  loyalty  to  the  cause  of  the  Magna  Charta, 
before  or  in  the  year  1215. 

Section  5.     To  provide  for  the  continuance  of  the  Order. 

1 .  Each  member  of  the  First  Class  may,  in  writing,  nomi- 
nate to  the  Keeper  of  the  Rolls,  his  successor  in  membership  in 
that  Class,  and  this  possible  successor  must  be  qualified,  as  under 
Section  3,  Paragraph  B,  of  this  Statute  1 ,  who,  during  the  life- 
time of  the  primary  member,  may  have  active  membership  of 
the  Order,  in  the  Second  Class,  and  he  shall  be  entitled  to  any 
and  all  the  privileges  of  the  Order.     And  upon  the  decease  of 
the  primary  member  who  nominated  him,  he  shall  be  eligible 
as  his  representative,  to  full  membership  in  the  First  Class,  pro- 
viding always,  that  he  is,  in  the  opinion  of  the  majority  of  the 
Court  of  Eligibility,  fit  in  all  other  respects,  and  the  same  shall 
so  have  been  certified  by  it  to  the  Sureties,  who  shall  thereupon 
notify  the  candidate  of  his  promotion. 

2.  The  failure  on  the  part  of  a  person  eligible  by  suc- 
cession to  membership  in  the  First  Class,  to  apply  for  his  pro- 
motion within  six  months  after  being  informed  at  his  last 
known  address  by  the  Keeper  of  the  Rolls,  of  the  existence  of 
his  claim,  shall  be  interpreted  as  a  surrender  thereof  forever  by 
him,  and  the  Keeper  of  the  Rolls  must  thereupon  so  notify  the 
Sureties,  who  may  then  declare  this  particular  membership  in 
the  First  Class  vacant. 

3.  Should  a  member  of  the  First  Class  die  without  hav- 
ing nominated  his  successor,  it  must  be  taken  for  granted  that 
the  deceased  desired  his  membership  to  lapse,  whereupon  it  is 

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the  duty  of  the  Keeper  of  the  Rolls,  to  notify  the  Sureties  of  a 
vacancy  in  the  First  Class. 

4.  Vacancies  in  the  First  Class  shall  be  filled  by  the  Sure- 
ties only  from  the  membership  of  the  Second  Class,  after  its  first 
complement. 

Section  6.  Honorary  Membership  may  be  conferred  in 
the  First  Class  only  by  the  majority  of  the  Sureties,  at  a  meeting 
for  this  purpose,  then  present  and  voting,  upon  men  only  who 
are  eligible  under  Section  1  of  this  Statute,  and  who  have  been 
formally  nominated  for  the  honor  by  an  active  member,  having 
first  signified  to  the  Keeper  of  the  Signet,  upon  inquiry,  his  will- 
ingness to  accept  the  membership. 

Section  7.  Each  person  who  shall  be  elected  and  received 
as  a  member  of  the  Order  in  whatsoever  manner,  by  virtue  of 
any  Statute  now  existing,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  estab- 
lished, shall  by  accepting  membership  be  understood  to  engage 
to  duly  conform  to  all  Statutes  established  from  time  to  time 
for  the  government  of  the  Order. 


PENNSYLVANIA  SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  GOVERNORS 

Incorporated  July  6,  1910 

Object 

The  purpose  for  which  the  corporation  is  formed  is  to  pro- 
mote interest  in  the  history  of  the  settlement  and  government 
of  the  American  Colonies  and  the  establishment  of  their  Inde- 

Membership 

Adult  male  American  citizens  lineally  descended  from  a 
Governor,  Deputy  or  Lieutenant  Governor,  or  one  acting  as  a 
Governor,  shall  be  eligible  for  membership.  Nominations  for 
membership  shall  be  made  in  writing  by  two  members  who 
shall  send  such  proposal  to  the  Secretary  and  he  shall  present  the 
same  to  the  Council  who  may  authorize  the  Secretary  to  issue 
application  form  to  the  applicant  and  upon  the  same  being  duly 
executed  and  returned  to  the  Secretary  he  shall  deliver  the  same 
to  the  Committee  on  Membership  and  upon  their  approval  and 
report  of  the  same  to  the  Council  the  latter  may  elect  such 
applicant  a  member,  a  unanimous  vote  being  required.  New 
members  shall  pay  dues  for  the  ensuing  year.  Any  member 
may  be  expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  Council  for  any 
cause  deemed  derogatory  to  the  interests  of  the  Society. 

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REGULAR  AND  VOLUNTEER  ARMY  AND 
NAVY  UNION 

Information  as  to  Objects  and  Requirements  for  Member- 
ship not  available  at  time  of  publication. 


SCIONS  OF  COLONIAL  CAVALIERS 
Objects 

The  purpose  of  the  formation  of  the  Society  of  Scions  of 
Colonial  Cavaliers  is  first  to  set  the  Colonial  Cavalier  right  in 
American  history,  too  much  importance  having  been  accredited 
to  the  Puritan  by  various  of  our  national  historians  in  treating 
of  the  founding  and  growth  of  our  commonwealth.  Secondly, 
our  object  pursuant  to  the  thoughtful  study  of  American  his- 
tory, is  to  compile  records  and  erect  memorials  honoring  the 
Colonial  Cavaliers  and  if  occasion  offers,  to  render  philanthropic 
aid  to  our  country  in  times  of  war. 

Membership 

The  membership  of  the  society  is  divided  into  two  parts. 
The  first,  the  Palatines,  the  descendants  of  the  Cavaliers  who 
settled  in  America  before  1 650  and  who  were  sons,  grandsons 
or  themselves  members  of  the  British  nobility.  The  ordinary 
and  sometimes  vulgarly  heralded  "descent  from  kings"  on  the 
part  of  Americans,  when  the  "king"  dated  back  further  than 
being  at  least  the  grandfather  of  one's  pioneer  Cavalier  ancestor, 
counts  for  nothing,  to  bolster  up  one's  claims  for  membership. 
The  second  order,  The  Landgraves,  are  members  descended 
from  distinguished  Cavalier  families  of  British  gentry  anteced- 
ents who  settled  in  this  country  prior  to  the  Revolution.  Besides 
having  a  properly  accredited  invitation  from  the  society,  in 
addition  to  the  above  rigid  requirements,  the  candidate  for 
membership  whether  Palatine,  or  Landgrave,  must  also  be  a  de- 
scendant of  an  ancestor  of  Cavalier  antecedents  who  was  a 
personage  of  note  in  the  eighteenth  century  and  also  from  one 
whose  career  complies  with  the  same  conditions  in  the  nine- 
teenth century.  A  great  many  Southern  families  have  a  "tra- 
dition" that  their  forefathers  were  "Cavaliers,"  an  expression 
often  loosely  used  to  mean  gentlemen  and  ladies.  But  only 
the  historic  fact  of  one's  being  a  scion  of  a  forefather  who  was 
a  partisan  of  Charles  I  against  Cromwell,  or  belonged  to  a 

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family  ranked  as  Cavaliers  by  a  reliable  historian  is  of  any  avail 
for  membership. 

The  issues  between  Charles  I  and  his  parliament  are  to  us 
of  today  no  longer  living  ones  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  fact 
that  the  Cavaliers  and  their  progeny  did  a  great  deal  toward 
building  up  our  national  polity,  there  would  have  been  no 
adequate  raison  d'etre  for  the  formation  of  our  Society,  how- 
ever much  the  courtly  manners  of  the  Cavaliers  and  dignified 
mode  of  living  on  their  estates  might  appeal  to  us.  The  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  with  all  the  good  it  wrought  in  the  cause  of 
freedom,  with  Washington  and  others  of  eminent  Colonial 
Cavalier  lineage  in  the  thickest  of  the  fray,  we  do  not  enter  into 
the  discussion  of  pro  or  con,  leaving  that  theme  to  other  patri- 
otic societies.  Anyone  who  reads  the  signs  of  the  times  can 
discern  that  the  dominant  trend  of  thought  at  the  present  hour 
is  Cavalier  rather  than  Puritanical.  The  Puritan  loved  a  village 
— and  village  gossip ;  the  Cavalier,  life  on  a  landed  estate  where 
he  was  monarch  of  all  he  surveyed. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  WARS  OF  THE  UNITED 
STATES 

Founded  January  11,  1 897 
Objects 

The  Society  of  American  Wars  is  organized  for  the  purpose 
of  paying  just  homage  to  the  memory  of  those  who  conquered 
that  we  might  live,  and  to  inculcate  and  foster  in  all  citizens  that 
love  of  country  and  flag  and  that  ambition  for  honorable 
achievement  upon  which  so  largely  depends  the  maintenance  of 
our  high  position  among  nations. 

Membership 

Section  1.  An  applicant  for  membership  in  the  Society 
must  be  a  man  not  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age,  of  good 
moral  character  and  reputation,  who  is : 

(a).  A  lineal  descendant  of  an  ancestor  who  served  as  a 
Governor,  Lieutenant-  or  Deputy-Governor  of  any  of  the  thir- 
teen colonies. 

(b).  A  lineal  descendant  of  a  member  of  the  Councils  or 
Assemblies  or  Councils  of  War  of  any  of  the  thirteen  colonies. 

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Pennsylvania  Society  of 
Colonial  Governors 


Order  of  Indian  Wars 
of  the  United  States 


Society  of  Sons  of  the 
Revolution 


Navy  League  of  the 
United  States 


family  ranked  as  Ca«*»  reliable  historian  i*  ©f  any  avail 

for  membership. 

The  issues  b*  '  •  ^  us 

of  today  no  long"  nt»  and  had  i  fact 

that  the  Cav 

building  m  o«i«i  no 

adequai 
ever  mu 
mode  of 

m'  r, 

ff^jiAiM.,  ,,r      . r    , ,       rvte«  An4    others,   ol  eminent   Colonial 


V  aiom^voO  {smoioO 


gisW  neibnl  lo  lal 
33l6l2  baiinU  sHj 


»  fray   we    o  not  enter  into 

that  M-ieme  to  other  patri- 

igns  of  the  times  can 

ought  at  the  present  hour 

ved  a  village 

»  a  landed  estate  where 


THE  UNITED 


Section  I       An  appli 
not  few  tha 

sMindr<?PUt 


. 

teen  colonies. 

(b).     A  lineal  descendant  oi 
Assemblies  or  Councilp  of  War  o^ 


that 

^te- 

noiJi/iovaH 


age,  of  good 

o  served  as  a 
il  any  of  the  thir- 

•e  Councils' or 
een  colonies. 


PLATE  VIII 


i 


(c).  A  lineal  descendant  of  a  military  or  naval  officer 
under  authority  of  the  colonies  which  afterwards  formed  the 
United  States,  from  the  settlement  of  Jamestown,  May  13, 
1607,  to  April  19,  1783. 

(d).  A  military  or  naval  officer  who  has  served  with 
honor  as  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  United  States  in  the 
Army,  Navy,  Marine  Corps  or  Revenue  Cutter  Service,  in  any 
war  in  which  the  United  States  has  been  or  shall  be  engaged  or  a 
lineal  descendant  thereof. 

(e).  A  lineal  descendant  of  a  Companion  of  the  Society 
of  American  Wars. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  COLONIAL  DAMES  OF  AMERICA 
Organized  April  8th,  1891 

Objects 

To  collect  manuscripts,  traditions,  relics  and  mementoes 
of  bygone  days  for  preservation,  .  .  .  commemorate  the 
success  of  the  American  Revolution  and  consequent  birth  of  our 
glorious  Republic ;  diffuse  healthful  and  intelligent  information 
in  whatever  concerns  the  past  and  tends  to  create  popular  inter- 
est in  American  history  and  with  a  true  spirit  of  patriotism 
seek  to  inspire  genuine  love  of  country  in  every  heart  within  its 
range  of  influence,  and  to  teach  the  young  that  it  is  a  sacred 
obligation  to  do  justice  and  honor  to  heroic  ancestors  whose 
ability,  valor,  sufferings  and  achievements  are  beyond  all  praise. 

Members 

Women  who  are  descended  in  their  own  right  from  some 
ancestor  of  worthy  life  who  came  to  reside  in  an  American 
Colony  prior  to  1  776,  which  ancestor  or  some  one  of  his  de- 
scendants, being  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  applicant,  shall  have 
rendered  efficient  service  to  his  country  during  the  Colonial 
period,  either  in  the  founding  of  a  commonwealth,  or  of  an  in- 
stitution which  has  survived  and  developed  into  importance,  or 
who  shall  have  held  important  position  in  the  Colonial  govern- 
ment, and  who  by  distinguished  services  shall  have  contributed 
to  the  founding  of  this  great  and  powerful  nation.  Services 
rendered  after  1  783  not  recognized. 

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SOCIETY  OF  MAYFLOWER  DESCENDANTS 

Organized  December  22d,  1 894 

Objects 

Whereas,  Our  ancestors,  passengers  on  "The  Mayflower," 
landed  in  December,  1 620,  on  Plymouth  Rock,  Massachusetts, 
and 

Whereas,  They  came  to  settle  in  a  new  land  and  to  found 
a  new  home  and  government,  for  the  benefit  of  themselves 
and  their  posterity,  and 

Whereas,  After  struggles  and  hardships,  which  in  the  first 
year  after  their  landing  carried  off  one-half  of  their  number  and 
necessitated  years  of  continued  bravery  and  fortitude  against 
innumerable  trials  of  the  severest  kind,  and 

Whereas,  Their  acts  and  example  have  been  instrumental 
in  the  establishment  of  Civil  and  Religious  Liberty  throughout 
this  land, 

Therefore,  This  Society  is  formed  by  lineal  descendants  of 
that  band  of  Pilgrims,  to  preserve  their  memory,  their  records, 
their  history,  and  all  facts  relating  to  them,  their  ancestors,  and 
their  posterity. 

Membership 

Every  descendant  over  eighteen  years  of  age  of  any  Pas- 
senger on  the  "Mayflower,"  on  the  voyage  which  ended  at 
Plymouth  in  December,  1 620,  is  eligible  to  membership. 

After  the  formation  of  a  Society  in  any  State,  all  persons 
residing  in  such  State  desiring  to  join  the  Society  of  Mayflower 
Descendants,  shall  do  so  through  the  local  State  Society. 

Applicants  for  membership  must  be  nominated  and  sec- 
onded by  two  members,  and  letters  recommending  the  Appli- 
cant from  both  proposer  and  seconder  must  accompany  the 
application,  and  must  state  that  they  are  personally  acquainted. 

All  preliminary  applications  must  be  approved  by  the 
Membership  Committee,  who  investigate  the  social  and  moral 
standing  of  the  Applicant.  If  the  decision  of  the  Committee  is 
favorable  they  report  the  name  of  the  Applicant  to  the  Board 
of  Assistants  at  a  subsequent  meeting,  and  upon  such  report 
pedigree  blanks  are  issued  upon  which  must  be  set  out  in  de- 
tail each  generation  in  descent  from  a  Mayflower  Passenger. 

Every  step  in  the  pedigree  must  be  proven  by  reference 
to  published  works  recognized  by  the  Society  as  authoritative, 

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giving  in  each  instance  the  volume  and  page  quoted  or  by  filing 
certified  copies  of  Town  or  Church  records,  tombstone  inscrip- 
tions or  other  unpublished  evidence.  No  fact  can  be  accepted 
which  is  based  solely  upon  family  or  local  traditions. 

The  pedigree  blanks  must  be  filled  out  in  duplicate  and 
sworn  to  before  a  Notary  Public  or  other  competent  officer  and 
sent  to  the  Historian.  After  examination  and  approval  by  him 
and  by  the  Historian  General  he  will  report  to  the  Board  of 
Assistants  who  will  elect  the  Applicant  a  member  of  the  Society 
unless  in  the  meantime  something  prejudicial  has  been  learned. 


SOCIETY  OF  SONS  OF  THE  REVOLUTION 

Instituted  February  22d,  1 876, 
Reorganized  December  4th,   1 883 

Objects 

It  being  evident,  from  a  steady  decline  of  a  proper  cele- 
bration of  the  National  holidays  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, that  popular  concern  in  the  events  and  men  of  the  War 
of  the  Revolution  is  gradually  declining,  and  that  such  lack  of 
interest  is  attributable,  not  so  much  to  the  lapse  of  time  and  the 
rapidly  increasing  flood  of  immigration  from  foreign  countries, 
as  to  the  neglect,  on  the  part  of  descendants  of  Revolutionary 
heroes,  to  perform  their  duty  in  keeping  before  the  public  mind 
the  memory  of  the  services  of  their  ancestors  and  of  the  times 
in  which  they  lived;  therefore,  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution  has  been  instituted  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of 
the  men  who,  in  the  military,  naval  and  civil  service  of  the 
Colonies  and  of  the  Continental  Congress  by  their  acts  or  coun- 
sel, achieved  the  Independence  of  the  country,  and  to  further 
the  proper  celebration  of  the  anniversaries  of  the  birthday  of 
Washington,  and  of  prominent  events  connected  with  the  War 
of  the  Revolution;  to  collect  and  secure  for  preservation  the 
rolls,  records,  and  other  documents  relating  to  that  period;  to 
inspire  the  members  of  the  Society  with  the  patriotic  spirit  of 
their  forefathers;  and  to  promote  the  feeling  of  friendship 
among  them. 

Membership 

Any  male  person  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  of 
good  character,  and  a  descendant  of  one  who,  as  a  military, 

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naval,  or  marine  officer,  soldier,  sailor,  or  marine,  in  actual 
service,  under  the  authority  of  any  of  the  thirteen  Colonies  or 
States  or  of  the  Continental  Congress,  and  remaining  always 
loyal  to  such  authority,  or  a  descendant  of  one  who  signed  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  or  of  one  who,  as  a  member  of 
the  Continental  Congress  or  of  the  Congress  of  any  of  the 
Colonies  or  States,  or  as  an  official  appointed  by  or  under  the 
authority  of  any  such  legislative  bodies,  actually  assisted  in  the 
establishment  of  American  Independence  by  services  rendered 
during  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  becoming  thereby  liable  to 
conviction  of  treason  against  the  Government  of  Great  Britain, 
but  remainng  always  loyal  to  the  authority  of  the  Colonies  or 
States,  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Society. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  SANTIAGO  DE  CUBA 

Objects 

To  record  the  history  and  conserve  the  memory  of  the 
events  of  the  campaign  which  resulted  in  the  surrender  on  the 
1 7th  day  of  July,  1 898,  of  the  Spanish  army,  the  City  of  San- 
tiago de  Cuba  and  the  military  province  to  which  it  pertained. 

Membership 

The  membership  of  the  Society  shall  consist  of  all  officers 
and  soldiers  of  the  United  States  Army  (including  Acting  As- 
sistant Surgeons  and  authorized  Volunteer  Aides)  who  consti- 
tuted the  expeditionary  force  to  Santiago  de  Cuba  and  who 
worthily  participated  in  the  campaign  between  the  dates  of  June 
1 4th  and  July  1 7th,  1 898,  and  who  shall  signify  their  wish  for 
membership  by  making  application  and  paying  the  dues. 

There  shall  be  three  classes  of  membership,  namely :  Origi- 
nal Members,  Members  by  Inheritance,  Members  by  Succession. 


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Military  Order  of  the 
Carabao 


Medal  of  Honor  of  the 

United  States 

of  America 


National  Society 

of  the  Children  of  the 

American  Revolution 


Society  of  Mayflower 
Descendants 


The  Order  of  Colonial 

Lords  of  Manors 

in  America 


naval,  or  marine  officer,  soldier, 

service,  under  the  aut 

States  or  of 

loyal  to  such 

Declaration  < 

the  Con* 

Colonies 


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or  marine,  in  actual 
be  thirteen  Colonies  or 
«*ts,  and  remaining  always 
-iant  of  one  who  signed  the 
*  one  who,  a*  a  member  of 
Congress  of  any  of  the 
appointed  by  or  under  the 
-ies,  actually  assisted  in  the 
by  services  rendered 

of  Great  Brilain, 
uthority  of  the  Colonies  Of 
in  the  Society. 


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tuted  the  expeditionary 
worthily  participated  in  the 
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membership  by  making  applies 

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Acting  As- 


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PLATE  IX 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  THE  CUMBERLAND 
Organized  February  6th,  1 868 

Objects 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  fortunes  and  achieve- 
ments of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland;  to  preserve  that 
unanimity  of  loyal  sentiment  and  that  kind  and  cordial  feeling 
which  has  been  an  eminent  characteristic  of  this  army,  and  the 
main  element  of  the  power  and  success  of  its  efforts  in  behalf 
of  the  cause  of  the  Union.  The  history  and  glory  of  the  offi- 
cers and  soldiers  belonging  to  this  army,  who  have  fallen  either 
on  the  field  of  battle  or  otherwise  in  the  line  of  their  duty,  shall 
be  a  permanent  trust  to  this  Society,  and  every  effort  shall  be 
made  to  collect  and  preserve  the  proper  memorials  of  their 
services,  to  inscribe  their  names  upon  the  roll  of  honor,  and  to 
transmit  their  fame  to  posterity.  It  shall  also  be  the  object  and 
bounden  duty  of  this  Society  to  relieve,  as  far  as  possible,  the 
families  of  such  deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  when  in  indigent 
circumstances,  either  by  the  voluntary  contribution  of  the  mem- 
bers, or  in  such  other  manner  as  they  may  determine,  when  the 
cases  are  brought  to  their  attention.  This  provision  shall  also 
hereafter  apply  to  the  suffering  families  of  those  members  of 
the  Society  who  may  in  the  future  be  called  hence,  and  the 
welfare  of  the  soldier's  widow  and  orphan  shall  forever  be  a  holy 
trust  in  the  hands  of  his  surviving  comrades. 

Membership 

Composed  of  officers  and  soldiers  who  served  with  honor 
in  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  THE  OHIO 
Instituted  December  1  5th,  1 868 

Objects 

To  preserve  and  perpetuate  the  history  of  the  Army  of  the 
Ohio;  to  preserve  and  unite  those  patriotic  sentiments,  and  to 
maintain  and  strengthen  that  courteous  and  friendly  intercourse 
for  which  the  members  of  this  army  have  always  been  distin- 
guished. To  preserve  the  name  and  fame  of  the  members  of 
this  army  who  have  fallen  in  the  field,  or  otherwise  perished  in 

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the  service  of  their  country,  shall  be  one  of  the  sacred  duties  of 
this  Association,  and  no  efforts  shall  be  spared  to  collect  and 
preserve,  in  the  archives  of  the  Society,  the  testimonials  of  their 
deeds  and  services. 

This  Society  tenders  to  the  widows  and  orphans  of  our 
fallen  comrades  its  warmest  sympathy,  and  sacredly  pledges 
itself  to  provide  for  the  wants  and  relieve  the  sufferings  of  all 
such  as  are  destitute,  by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  the 
members,  or  in  such  other  way  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
determined.  It  further  pledges  itself  to  use  all  proper  effort,  and 
procure  for  all  such  disabled  soldiers,  and  their  families,  as  are 
entitled  thereto,  the  pensions  now  provided  by  law.  The  wel- 
fare of  the  soldier's  widow,  the  good  name  and  education  of 
his  children,  shall  always  be  regarded  as  a  sacred  trust  of  the 
Association. 

Membership 

All  such  officers  and  soldiers  as  have  at  any  time  served  in 
this  army,  and  who  have  been  honorably  discharged  from  such 
service ;  or  who  remain  in  service  in  the  regular  army,  who  shall 
have  subscribed  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Society, 
and  paid  their  initiation  fee. 

Honorary  members  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  elected 
from  among  the  officers  of  other  armies  of  the  United  States 
who  have  served  with  distinction  in  their  armies. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  CINCINNATI 
Instituted  May  1  Oth,  1 783 

The  historic  and  patriotic  Order  pf  the  Cincinnati  was 
founded  by  the  American  and  French  officers  at  the  canton- 
ments of  the  Continental  Army  on  the  Hudson  at  the  close  of 
hostilities  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution  for  American  Inde- 
pendence, May  10,  1783. 

In  forming  the  society  it  was  declared  that,  "To  perpetu- 
ate, therefore,  as  well  the  remembrance  of  this  vast  event,  as 
the  mutual  friendships  which  have  been  formed  under  the 
pressure  of  common  danger,  and,  in  many  instances,  cemented 
by  the  blood  of  the  parties,  the  officers  of  the  American  Army 
do,  hereby,  in  the  most  solemn  manner,  associate,  constitute, 
and  combine  themselves  into  one  Society  of  Friends,  to  endure 

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as  long  as  they  shall  endure,  or  any  of  their  eldest  male  pos- 
terity, and,  in  failure  thereof,  the  collateral  branches  who  may 
be  judged  worthy  of  becoming  its  supporters  and  members." 

For  convenience,  thirteen  State  societies  were  formed,  and 
one  in  France,  under  the  direct  patronage  of  Louis  XVI,  which 
was  dispersed  at  the  Reign  of  Terror  in  1 793.  Upon  the  roll 
of  original  members  appeared  the  names  of  all  the  great  historic 
military  and  naval  characters  of  the  Revolution,  and  upon  the 
roll  of  honorary  members,  elected  for  their  own  lives  only, 
appeared  many  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence. 

Membership 

All  Continental  officers  who  had  served  with  honor  and 
resigned  after  three  years'  service  as  officers,  or  who  had  been 
rendered  supernumerary  and  honorably  discharged,  in  one  of 
the  several  reductions  of  the  American  Army,  or  who  had  con- 
tinued to  the  end  of  the  war,  and  all  French  officers  who  had 
served  in  the  co-operating  army  under  Count  d'Estaing,  or 
auxiliary  army  under  Count  de  Rochambe'au,  and  held  or  at- 
tained the  rank  of  colonel  for  such  services,  or  who  had  com- 
manded a  French  fleet  or  ship  of  war  on  the  American  coast, 
were  entitled  to  become  original  members,  and  upon  doing  so 
were  required  to  contribute  a  month's  pay. 

State  Societies 

The  Cincinnati  is  organically  one  society  in  membership, 
but  for  convenience  in  admission  of  members  and  in  its  chari- 
table and  patriotic  objects  was  subdivided  into  State  societies 
by  the  Institution  of  1  783,  there  being  thirteen.  Six  dissolved 
societies  were  restored  to  membership  by  the  General  Society 
in  triennial  meeting  since  1 902. 

Membership  descends  to  the  eldest  lineal  male  descendant, 
if  judged  worthy,  and,  in  failure  of  direct  male  descent,  to  male 
descendants  through  intervening  female  descendants.  The 
Institution  gives  the  same  right  to  the  proper  descendant  of 
any  Continental  officer  who  was  killed  or  died  in  service. 

The  general  society  when  legislating  for  the  good  of  the 
Order  is  composed  of  the  general  officers  and  five  delegates 
from  every  State  society,  and  meets  triennially.  In  1854  it 
ruled  that  proper  descendants  of  Revolutionary  officers  who 
were  entitled  to  original  membership,  but  who  never  could  avail 
themselves  of  it,  are  qualified  for  hereditary  membership,  if 
found  worthy,  on  due  application. 

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SOCIETY  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS  OF  HOLLAND  DAMES 
Founded  May,  1895 

Objects 

The  objects  of  the  Society  shall  be  to  perpetuate  the  mem- 
ory and  to  promote  the  principles  of  the  Dutch  ancestors  of  its 
members,  to  collect  documents,  genealogical  and  historical,  re- 
lating to  the  Dutch  in  America,  and  to  erect  commemorative 
and  durable  memorials  to  be  lasting  tributes  to  the  early  Dutch 
settlers. 

Membership 

Any  woman  shall  be  eligible  for  membership  who  is  above 
the  age  of  eighteen  years,  lineally  descended  from  a  Hollander 
(Nederlander),  resident  of  New  Netherland  previous  to  the 
Treaty  of  Westminster,  1674,  and  who  has  been  adjudged 
worthy  and  acceptable  to  the  Society. 

The  admitting  ancestor  must  have  been  a  man  born  in  the 
Netherlands,  of  Holland  parentage  and  must  have  been  either : 

(a)  A  Director  General  of  New  Netherland; 

(b)  A  member  of  Council  of  the  Director  General  of  New 
Netherland ; 

(c)  A  member  of  a  Representative  Body,  Religious  or 
Secular,  of  New  Netherland; 

(d)  A  Patroon  or  a  Freeholder  of  New  Netherland; 

(e)  A  Commissioner  in  New  Netherland,  either  of  Indian 
affairs,  of  Boundaries  or  of  Treaties; 

(f)  A  Commissioned  officer,  soldier  or  sailor  who  served 
in  defence  of  the  Colonies. 

The  fact,  not  the  date  of  his  services,  shall  establish  the 
claim. 

The  family  of  the  ancestor  must  have  come  from  some 
place  included  in  the  Netherlands,  according  to  their  boundaries 
in  1555* 

*  Authority:      Blok's    History    of   the    People    of    the    Netherlands,    especially 
Map  of    1550. 


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SOCIETY  OF  THE  PORTO  RICAN  EXPEDITION 

Information  as  to  Objects  and  Requirements  for  Member- 
ship not  available  at  time  of  publication. 


SOCIETY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  DAUGHTERS— 
1776-1812 

Objects 

Whereas,  In  all  time  and  in  all  ages,  valor,  patriotism  and 
self-sacrifice  have  been  justly  held  as  the  triune  virtues  which 
constitute  true  heroism ;  and 

Whereas,  Next  to  the  approval  of  God  and  our  conscience, 
the  approval  of  our  fellowmen  must  ever  remain  the  incentive 
to  great  and  noble  deeds ;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  in  recalling  the  deeds  of  those  who  in 
1776  sacrificed  fortune  and  life  itself  in  the  defense  of  their 
liberties,  and  of  those  who,  in  1812,  in  the  face  of  like  hard- 
ships and  discouragements,  settled  forever  the  question  of  our 
national  Independence,  the  United  States  Daughters  of  1  776 
and  1812  honor  themselves,  and  hold  up  to  their  children  exam- 
ples of  disinterested  patriotism,  steadfastness  in  adversity,  and 
unflinching  courage  in  defense  of  right,  which  will,  we  trust,  in- 
fluence their  lives  in  whatever  paths  an  all-wise  Providence  may 
lead  them. 

It  is  therefore,  the  aim  and  purpose  of  this  Society  to  col- 
lect such  papers,  letters  and  documents  as  shall  help  to  write  a 
true  and  impartial  history  of  our  country;  to  honor  the  graves 
of  those  patriots  who  gave  their  lives  to  the  good  cause ;  to  pro- 
mote friendly  and  social  relations  between  the  descendants  of 
those  who  made  that  history  possible,  and  for  such  other  worthy 
objects  as  the  Society,  from  time  to  time,  may  judge  wise  and 

proper'  Membership 

Any  white  woman  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the 
United  States  Daughters  of  1776-1812,  who  is  lineally  de- 
scended from  an  ancestor  who,  either  as  a  military,  naval  or 
marine  officer,  soldier,  sailor  or  marine,  or  an  official,  or  in  any 
effective  way  and  with  unfailing  loyalty,  assisted  in  establish- 
ing American  Independence  during  the  wars  of  1  776  and  1812; 
provided  she  be  of  good  moral  character,  and  shall  be  judged 
worthy  of  becoming  a  member. 

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SONS  OF  VETERANS,  UNITED  STATES 
OF  AMERICA 

Objects 

Founded  upon  a  trust  in  Almighty  God,  with  a  realization 
that  under  His  beneficent  guidance  the  free  institutions  of  our 
land,  consecrated  by  the  services  and  blood  of  our  fathers,  have 
been  preserved,  and  upon  a  true  allegiance  to  the  government  of 
the  United  States  of  America,  pledging  fidelity  to  law  and  order, 
this  Association  declares  its  objects  to  be: 

First.  To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  sacrifices  of  our 
fathers  and  forefathers  and  their  services  for  the  maintenance 
of  the  Union. 

Second.  To  inculcate  patriotism,  to  teach  truthful  his- 
tory, and  to  spread  and  sustain  the  doctrine  of  equal  rights, 
universal  liberty  and  justice  to  all. 

Third.  To  assist  the  members  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  all  honorably  discharged  Union  Soldiers,  Sailors 
and  Marines  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  of  1861-1865;  to  ex- 
tend aid  and  protection  to  their  widows  and  orphans,  and  to 
honor  the  memories  of  the  heroic  dead  through  historical  exer- 
cises and  the  proper  observance  of  Memorial  and  Union  De- 
fenders' Days. 

Fourth.  To  aid  and  assist  worthy  and  needy  members  of 
our  Order. 

Membership 

All  male  descendants,  whether  through  the  paternal  or 
maternal  line,  not  less  than  eighteen  years  of  age,  of  Soldiers, 
Sailors  or  Marines,  who  were  regularly  mustered  and  served 
honorably  in,  or  who  were  honorably  discharged  from,  the 
Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  States  of  America,  during  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion  of  1861-65;  and  who  have  never  been 
convicted  of  any  infamous  or  heinous  crime,  or  who  have,  or 
whose  ancestors  through  whom  membership  is  claimed,  have 
never  voluntarily  borne  arms  against  the  Government  of  the 
United  States  of  America. 


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SWEDISH  COLONIAL  SOCIETY 
Organized  February  5th,  1909 

Objects 

The  object  of  the  Society  shall  be  to  collect,  preserve,  and 
publish  records,  documents,  and  other  material,  printed  or  in 
manuscript,  and  to  commemorate  events  relating  to  the  history 
of  Swedes  in  America. 

Membership 

Any  male  person  over  twenty-one  years  of  age,  of  good 
character,  shall  be  eligible  to  membership.  All  members  shall  be 
elected  by  the  Council,  who  shall  have  power  to  suspend  or  expel 
any  member  who  in  their  judgment  may  have  conducted  himself 
in  an  improper  manner. 


THE  AMERICAN  CROSS  OF  HONOR 

Organized  1 898.     Incorporated  by  Act  of  Congress  1 906 

Object 

To  advocate  those  great  principles  of  the  value  and  sanctity 
of  human  life  and  the  best  means  of  preserving  it. 

Membership 

The  regular  membership  is  composed  of  persons  upon 
whom  the  United  States  Government  has  conferred  the  life-sav- 
ing medal  of  honor. 

Bronze  crosses  of  honor  are  conferred  in  certain  cases 
where  great  heroism  is  shown  in  saving  human  life.  A  gold 
cross  of  honor  is  awarded  in  exceptional  cases  to  persons  who 
by  great  daring  have  highly  distinguished  themselves  in  saving 
life.  This  cross  also  is  conferred  biennially  upon  some  person 
nominated  by  the  Royal  National  Life-Boat  Institution  of  Great 
Britain  for  the  most  heroic  service  in  saving  life;  the  person 
thus  honored  must  have  received  the  gold  life-saving  medal  of 
the  said  institution. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  is  Honorary  President 
of  the  order.  M.  Armand  Faillieres,  ex-President  of  France; 
the  German  Emperor,  the  King  of  Great  Britain,  the  King  of 
Italy,  ex-Presidents  Roosevelt  and  Taft,  and  Andrew  Carnegie 
are  honorary  members. 

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THE  AMERICAN  NATIONAL  RED  CROSS 

Objects 

To  furnish  volunteer  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded  of 
armies  in  time  of  war,  in  accordance  with  the  spirit  and  con- 
ditions of  the  conference  of  Geneva,  of  October,  1 863,  and  also 
of  the  treaty  of  the  Red  Cross,  or  the  treaty  of  Geneva,  of 
August  22d,  1 864,  to  which  the  United  States  of  America  gave 
its  adhesion  on  March  1  st,  1 882. 

And  for  said  purposes  to  perform  all  the  duties  devolved 
upon  a  national  society  by  each  nation  which  has  acceded  to 
said  treaty. 

To  act  in  matters  of  voluntary  relief  and  in  accord 
with  the  military  and  naval  authorities  as  a  medium  of  com- 
munication between  the  people  of  the  United  States  of  America 
and  their  Army  and  Navy,  and  to  act  in  such  matters  between 
similar  national  societies  of  other  governments  through  the 
"Comite  International  de  Secours,"  and  the  Government  and 
the  people  and  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  of 
America. 

And  to  continue  and  carry  on  a  system  of  national  and 
international  relief  in  time  of  peace  and  to  apply  the  same  in 
mitigating  the  sufferings  caused  by  pestilence,  famine,  fire, 
floods  and  other  great  national  calamities,  and  to  devise  and 
carry  on  measures  for  preventing  the  same. 

Membership 

Individual  membership  in  the  American  National  Red 
Cross  consists  of  the  following  classes: 

(a)  Annual  Members.  Any  citizen  or  resident  of  the 
United  States  or  its  dependencies  may  become  a  member  of  the 
American  National  Red  Cross  upon  application  to  the  Central 
Committee  or  a  Chapter  and  the  payment  of  one  dollar  to  the 
National  Treasurer,  or  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Chapter  in  whose 
jurisdiction  the  applicant  resides,  and  may  continue  such  mem- 
bership by  the  annual  payment  of  the  same  amount.  Provided, 
That  the  Central  Committee,  as  respects  any  member  at  large, 
or  tKe  Executive  Committee  of  any  Chapter,  as  respects  any 
chapter  membership,  shall  have  authority,  for  reasons  satisfac- 
tory to  itself,  to  terminate  membership  at  any  time  by  notice. 
Annual  members  who  do  not  live  within  the  jurisdiction  of  any 
Chapter  or  who  do  not  connect  themselves  with  a  Chapter,  shall 

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Colonial  Daughters  of 
the  XVII  Century 


The  General  Society 
of  Colonial  Wars 


Association  of  Military 

Surgeons 
of  the  United  States 


United  Sons  of 
Confederate  Veterans 


The 

Saint  Nicholas  Society 
of  the  City  of  New  York 


THE  AMERICA! 


XNAL  RED  CROSS 


To  furnith 
armies  in  time  oi 
ditions  of  t 
of  the  tre. 
Augu* 
its  ad; 


and  wounded  of 

ice  with  the  spirit  and  con- 

her,  1863,  and  also 

treaty  of  Geneva,  of 

tales  of  America  gave 


all  the  duties 
i  which  has  ac 


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and   in   accord 
a  medium  of  com- 
d  States  of  America 
h  matters  between 
ments  through  the 
Government  and 
United  States  of 

national  and 
lie  same  in 
rune,  fire, 

c  ise  and 


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(a)   Annual  Met 

American  National  Re 
imittee  or  a  Chap» 
'iai  Treasurer,  or  to  the 
•ction  the  applicant  re^ 
the  annual  payrru 

al  Cornmittee,  a*  f*s 

Executive  Committee  of  <*•- 

chapter  membership,  shall  have  a« 

tory  to  itself,  to  terminate  membr 

Annual  members  who  do  not  live  i 

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be  members  at  large  and  shall  pay  their  annual  dues  directly  to 
the  national  office  in  Washington.  Unless  he  otherwise  requests, 
any  member  of  the  Red  Cross  residing  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
a  Chapter  shall  be  presumed  to  affiliate  with  the  Chapter  and 
shall  be  expected  to  pay  his  annual  dues  to  the  Chapter. 

(b)  Subscribing  Members.     Any  citizen  or  resident  of  the 
United  States  or  of  its  dependencies  may  become  a  subscribing 
member  of  the  American  National  Red  Cross  on  application  to 
the  Central  Committee  or  a  Chapter  and  the  payment  of  two 
dollars  per  annum. 

(c)  Contributing  Members.     Any  citizen  or  resident  of 
the  United  States  or  of  its  dependencies  may  become  a  con- 
tributing member  of  the  American  National  Red  Cross  on  appli- 
cation to  the  Central  Committee  or  a  Chapter  and  the  payment 
of  five  dollars  per  annum. 

(d)  Sustaining  Members.     Any  citizen  or  resident  of  the 
United  States  or  of  its  dependencies  may  become  a  sustaining 
member  of  the  American  National  Red  Cross  on  application  to 
the  Central  Committee  or  a  Chapter  and  the  payment  of  ten 
dollars  per  annum. 

(e)  Life  Members.     Any  citizen  or  resident  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  or  of  its  dependencies  may  become  a  life  member  of 
the  American  National  Red  Cross  on  application  to  the  Central 
Committee  or  a  Chapter  and  the  payment  of  twenty-five  dollars. 

(f )  Patrons.     Any  citizen  or  resident  of  the  United  States 
or  of  its  dependencies  may  become  a  Patron  of  the  American 
National  Red  Cross  upon  application  to  the  Central  Commit- 
tee or  a  Chapter  and  the  payment  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

(g)  Any  nurse  enrolled  in  the  Red  Cross  Nursing  Service 
shall  by  such  enrollment  become  a  member  of  the  American 
National  Red  Cross  without  payment  of  dues. 

(h)  Honorary  Members.  Those  who  have  rendered  spe- 
cially meritorious  or  distinguished  service  to  the  association  and 
have  been  approved  for  such  distinction  by  two-thirds  vote  of 
the  members  present  at  any  annual  meeting  of  the  General 
Board,  shall  become  honorary  members. 


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THE  COLONIAL  SOCIETY  OF  MASSACHUSETTS 

Incorporated  December  29th,  1 892 

Objects 

For  the  purpose  of  collecting  and  preserving  mementoes 
of  our  Colonial  Ancestors;  propagating  knowledge  of  their 
lives  and  deeds  by  the  publication  of  ancient  documents  and 
records;  cultivating  an  interest  in  the  history  of  our  Country, 
and  more  especially  of  the  Colonies  of  Plymouth  and  The  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay;  encouraging  individual  research  into  the  part 
taken  by  our  forefathers  in  the  building  of  our  Nation;  pro- 
moting intelligent  discussion  of  events  in  -which  the  people  of 
our  Commonwealth  have  been  concerned,  in  order  that  justice 
may  be  done  to  participants  and  false  claims  silenced;  and  in- 
spiring among  our  members  a  spirit  of  fellowship  based  upon 
a  proper  appreciation  of  our  common  ancestry. 

Membership 

The  number  of  Resident  Members  of  the  Society  never 
shall  exceed  one  hundred.  They  shall  be  elected  from  among 
the  citizens  of  Massachusetts,  and  shall  cease  to  be  members 
whenever  they  cease  to  be  residents  thereof.  The  number  of 
Corresponding  Members  never  shall  exceed  fifty ;  and  the  num- 
ber of  Honorary  Members  never  shall  exceed  twenty.  They 
shall  be  elected  from  among  non-residents  of  Massachusetts, 
and  shall  cease  to  be  members  if  at  any  time  they  become  both 
citizens  and  permanent  residents  thereof.  No  person  shall  be 
eligible  to  membership  who  cannot  prove,  by  documentary  evi- 
dence satisfactory  to  the  Council,  his  lineal  descent  from  an 
ancestor  who  was  a  resident  of  the  Colonies  of  Plymouth  or 
The  Massachusetts  Bay. 


THE  GENERAL  SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS 
Objects 

Whereas,  It  is  desirable  that  there  should  be  adequate 
celebrations  commemorative  of  the  events  of  Colonial  history, 
happening  from  the  settlement  of  Jamestown,  Va.,  May  13, 
1607,  to  the  battle  of  Lexington,  April  19,  1 775; 

Therefore,  The  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  has  been  insti- 
tuted to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  those  events,  and  of  the  men 

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who,  in  military,  naval  and  civil  positions  of  high  trust  and 
responsibilty,  by  their  acts  or  counsel,  assisted  in  the  establish- 
ment, defense  and  preservation  of  the  American  Colonies,  and 
were  in  truth  founders  of  this  Nation.  With  this  end  in 
view,  it  seeks  to  collect  and  preserve  manuscripts,  rolls,  relics 
and  records ;  to  provide  suitable  commemorations  or  memorials 
relating  to  the  American  Colonial  period,  and  to  inspire  in  its 
members  the  fraternal  and  patriotic  spirit  of  their  forefathers, 
and  in  the  community  respect  and  reverence  for  those  whose 
public  services  made  our  freedom  and  unity  possible. 

Membership 

Any  male  person  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  of 
good  moral  character  and  reputation,  shall  be  eligible  to  mem- 
bership in  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  who  is  lineally  de- 
scended, in  the  male  or  female  line,  from  an  ancestor: 

( 1 )  Who  served  as  a  military  or  naval  officer,  or  as  a 
soldier,  sailor  or  marine,  or  as  a  privateersman,  under  authority 
of  the  Colonies  which  afterward  formed  the  United  States,  or 
in  the  forces  of  Great  Britain  which  participated  with  those 
of  the  said  Colonies  in  any  wars  in  which  the  said  colonies  were 
engaged,  or  in  which  they  enrolled  men,  from  the  settlement  of 
Jamestown,  May  13,   1607,  to  the  battle  of  Lexington,  April 
19,  1775;  or, 

(2)  Who  held  office  in  any  of  the  Colonies  between  the 
dates  above  mentioned,  either  as 

(a)  Director-General,  Vice-Director-General,  or  member 
of  the  Council  or  legislative  body  in  the  Colony  of  New  Neth- 
erlands. 

(b)  Governor,   Lieutenant-  or  Deputy-Governor,   Lord 
Proprietor,  member  of  the  King's  or  Governor's  Council,  or 
legislative  body  in  the  Colonies  of  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Vir- 
ginia, Pennsylvania  and  Delaware. 

(c)  Lord    Proprietor,    Governor,    Deputy-Governor,    or 
member  of  the  Council  or  of  the  legislative  body  in  Maryland 
and  the  Carolinas. 

(d)  Governor,  Deputy-Governor,  Governor's  Assistant, 
or  Commissioner  to  the  United  Colonies  of  New  England,  or 
member  of  the  Council,  body  of  Assistants,  or  legislative  body 
in  any  of  the  New  England  Colonies. 

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One  collateral  representative  of  an  ancestor,  such  as  above 
specified,  shall  be  eligible  for  membership,  provided  there  be  no 
existing  lineal  descendant,  and  provided  that  such  person  be  the 
oldest  collateral  representative  in  the  male  line  of  such  ancestor, 
or  has  filed  with  the  Secretary-General  of  the  Society  written 
renunciation  from  all  other  persons  having  nearer  claims  to 
representation. 

No  State  Society  shall  adopt  any  rule  of  eligibility  for 
membership  which  shall  admit  any  person  not  eligible  for  mem- 
bership in  the  General  Society;  but  any  State  Society  may, 
except  as  to  members  transferred  from  another  State  Society, 
further  restrict  at  its  discretion  the  basis  of  eligibility  for  mem- 
bership in  its  own  Society. 


THE  HEREDITARY  ORDER  OF  DESCENDANTS  OF 
COLONIAL  GOVERNORS  PRIOR  TO  1 750 

Chartered 
(Founded  1896) 

Purposes 

To  commemorate  the  services  of  those  men  who  singly 
exercised  supreme  executive  power  in  the  American  Colonies 
and  who  laid  in  them  the  foundations  of  stable  government  and 
of  that  respect  for  civil  law  and  authority  which  made  the  main- 
tenance of  their  future  independence  possible. 

Objects 

I .  To  further,  in  so  far  as  convenable,  all  wise,  just,  free 
and  humane  patriotic  objects,  and  objects  of  patriotic  societies. 

II.  Historical,  genealogical,  literary  and  social,  and  espe- 
cially the  awakening  and  increase  of  general  interest  in  the  his- 
tory, customs  and  traditions  of  the  Colonial  Period. 

Membership 

Membership  is  purely  honorary  and  is  by  invitation  only. 
Both  men  and  women  are  included. 

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Colonial  Society  of 
Pennsylvania 


Military  Order  of  the 
Midnight  Sun 


Grand  Army 
Republic 


Society  of  the  Army 
of  the  Cumberland 


The  Order 
of  Washington 


! 


One  col  If-  -aentative  of  an  ancestor,  such  as  above 

specified,  shall  be  eligible  for  me;  video!  there  be  no 

existing  lineal  deat  at  such  person  be  the ' 

oldest  coli  line  of  such  ancestor, 

or  has  filr  f  the -Society  written 

reriunciat  >  ing  nearer  claim*  to 

representr 

,,.  1<5  T 
eligibility  ,  c, 

mem t  .  » i  mM  i  •     •  i ot  eligible  tor  mem- 

v  State  Society  may, 

another  State  Society, 

"•  b*«t  of  eligibility  for  mem- 

• 


arfl  Jo  isbiO 
nt;8 


NDANTSOF 
rO  1750 


and  i'. 

of  th;  raain- 


i .     To  f urth  *I*  wise,  just,  free 

and  humane  p,v.  lotic  societies. 

II.     Historic*!,  g-  v-- — t,  *v.MM«»'r-i 

cially  the  awakening  «n-  BS5I««O  A  lo 
tory,  customs  and  tradttferv 


ar(T 

r*hlP  l?n6*sniH86W  io 
Both  men  and  women  ar«  •• 

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THE  HOLLAND  SOCIETY  OF  NEW  YORK 

Organized  March  21,  1885 
Incorporated  May  12th,  1885 

Objects 

First.  To  collect  and  preserve  information  respecting  the 
early  history  and  settlement  of  the  City  and  State  of  New  York 
by  the  Dutch,  and  to  discover,  collect  and  preserve  all  still  ex- 
isting documents,  etc.,  relating  to  their  genealogy  and  history. 

Second.  To  perpetuate  the  memory  and  foster  and  pro- 
mote the  principles  and  virtues  of  the  Dutch  ancestors  of  its 
members,  and  to  promote  social  intercourse  among  the  latter. 

Third.  To  gather  by  degrees  a  library  for  the  use  of  the 
Society,  composed  of  all  obtainable  books,  monographs, 
pamphlets,  manuscripts,  etc.,  relating  to  the  Dutch  in  America. 

Fourth.  To  cause  statedly  to  be  prepared  and  read  before 
the  Society,  papers,  essays,  etc.,  on  questions  in  the  history  or 
genealogy  of  the  Dutch  in  America. 

Fifth.  To  cause  to  be  prepared  and  published  when  the 
requisite  materials  have  been  discovered  and  procured,  collec- 
tions for  a  memorial  history  of  the  Dutch  in  America,  wherein 
shall  be  particularly  set  forth  the  part  belonging  to  that  element 
in  the  growth  and  development  of  American  character,  institu- 
tions and  progress. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  No  one  shall  be  eligible  as  a  member  unless  he 
be  of  full  age,  of  respectable  standing  in  society,  of  good  moral 
character,  and  the  descendant  in  the  direct  male  line  of  a  Dutch- 
man who  was  a  native  or  resident  of  New  York  or  of  the  Amer- 
ican colonies  prior  to  the  year  1 675.  This  shall  include  those  of 
other  former  nationalities  who  found  in  Holland  a  refuge  or  a 
home,  and  whose  descendants  in  the  male  line  came  to  this  coun- 
try as  Dutch  settlers,  speaking  Dutch  as  their  native  tongue. 
This  shall  also  include  descendants  in  the  male  line  of  Dutch 
settlers  who  were  born  within  the  limits  of  Dutch  settlements, 
and  the  descendants  in  the  male  line  of  persons  who  possessed 
the  right  of  Dutch  citizenship  within  Dutch  settlements  in 
America,  prior  to  the  year  1675;  also  of  any  descendant  in  the 
direct  male  line  of  a  Dutchman,  one  of  whose  descendants  be- 
came a  member  of  this  Society  prior  to  June  1 6,  1 886. 

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So  long  as  there  are  one  thousand  members  of  the  Society 
no  further  elections  to  membership  shall  be  held,  but  candi- 
dates for  admission  shall  be  placed  in  order  upon  a  waiting  list ; 
provided,  however,  that  this  restriction  shall  not  prevent  the  im- 
mediate election  of  any  candidate  who  is  the  descendant  of  a 
present  or  former  member  of  the  Society. 

Badge  adopted  March  30,  1887 

The  most  significant  medal,  from  an  historical  point  of 
view,  which  was  ever  struck  in  Holland,  is  the  so-called  "Beg- 
gars' Medal."  It  is  the  memorial  of  the  very  first  steps  of  that 
march  toward  civil  and  religious  liberty  in  which  the  men  of 
the  Netherlands,  after  heroic  struggles,  finally  led  the  world. 
And,  therefore,  it  is  a  most  appropriate  token  for  us  to  wear, 
who  have  received  in  largest  measure,  in  this  New  Republic,  the 
benefits  of  the  noble  conflict  of  our  Dutch  forefathers. 

"The  gourd  or  bottle  had  its  origin  from  the  usage  made 
of  it  by  the  pilgrims — that  class  of  people  who,  to  perform  a 
penance  or  to  fulfill  certain  vows,  undertake  a  journey  to  the 
distant  shrine  of  some  saint,  like  that  of  St.  James  in  Spain  or  of 
Loretto  in  Italy.  They  are  obliged  to  go  there  begging  by  the 
way,  and  they  carry  this  bottle-gourd,  or  calabash,  attached 
to  the  girdle,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  water  for  their  use 
when  they  have  to  traverse  dry  and  arid  parts  of  the  country. 
For  this  reason  these  allied  nobles  made  use  both  of  the  por- 
ringer and  the  wallet  as  an  emblem  of  poverty,  and  to  turn  into 
pleasantry  the  name  of  beggars,  which  had  been  given  to  them 
with  so  much  indignity.  This  is  not  all.  These  lords,  wishing 
to  engrave  on  each  other's  memory  the  vow  which  each  had 
made  to  defend  the  privileges  of  the  country,  even  to  carry 
the  wallet,  took  pride  in  wearing  on  the  breast  certain  medals 
attached  to  ribbons,  and  very  often  joined  with  a  porringer  and 
a  gourd." 

The  form  adopted  by  The  Holland  Society  is  a  facsimile  of 
the  one  to  which  are  attached  two  such  porringers  and  a  gourd 
or  bottle,  and  shows  on  its  face  the  armed  bust  of  Philip  II.  of 
Spain,  with  the  first  half  of  the  motto,  "En  Tout  Fidelles  Au 
Roy,"  and  on  the  reverse  two  wallets,  between  the  straps  of 
which  are  two  hands  joined,  with  the  remainder  of  the  motto, 
"Jusques  a  Porter  La  Besace,"  together  with  the  date,  1  566, 
the  figures  of  which  are,  however,  separated,  one  in  each  cor- 
ner formed  by  the  crossed  hands  and  wallets. 

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"THE  HUGUENOT  SOCIETY  OF  AMERICA" 

Founded  April  12,  1883.      Incorporated  June  12,  1885 

Objects 

First,  To  perpetuate  the  memory  and  to  foster  and  pro- 
mote the  principles  and  virtues  of  the  Huguenots. 

Secondly,  To  publicly  commemorate  the  principal  events 
in  the  history  of  the  Huguenots. 

Thirdly,  To  discover,  collect  and  preserve  all  existing 
documents,  monuments,  etc.,  relating  to  the  genealogy  or  his- 
tory of  the  Huguenots  of  America. 

Fourthly,  To  gather  by  degrees  a  library,  for  the  use  of 
the  Society,  composed  of  all  obtainable  books,  monographs, 
pamphlets,  manuscripts,  etc.,  relating  to  the  Huguenots. 

Fifthly,  To  cause  to  be  prepared  and  read  before  the 
Society,  papers,  essays,  etc.,  on  questions  in  the  history  or 
genealogy  of  the  Huguenots;  their  settlements,  biographies, 
public  acts,  influence  on  the  society,  arts,  commerce  and 
politics  of  America  especially,  and  of  other  countries  where 
they  settled. 

Sixthly,  To  cause  to  be  prepared  and  published  a  series 
of  volumes  entitled  "Collections  of  the  Huguenot  Society  of 
America." 

Seventhly,  To  establish  branches  of  this  Society  in  other 
American  cities  and  to  encourage  the  foundation  of  similar 
Societies  in  other  countries  where  the  Huguenots  have  taken 
refuge. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  The  following  classes  of  persons  are  eligible 
for  nomination  to  membership  in  the  Society: 

First,  Descendants  in  the  male  or  female  line  of  the 
Huguenot  families  who  emigrated  to  America  prior  to  the  Pro- 
mulgation of  the  Edict  of  Toleration,  November  28th,  1 787,  or 
who  left  France  for  other  countries  than  America  prior  to  that 
date,  may  be  elected  as  regular  members. 

Secondly,  Persons  who  have  made  the  history,  genealogy, 
principles,  etc.,  of  the  Huguenots  a  special  subject  of  study  and 
research,  and  have  written  and  published  the  same,  may  be 
elected  as  regular  members. 

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Thirdly,  Persons  who  have  rendered  some  conspicuous 
service  in  the  advancement  of  Huguenot  interests  may  be 
elected  as  honorary  members.  They  shall  have  no  vote. 

Fourthly,  Persons  who  are  residents  of  foreign  countries 
may  be  elected  as  corresponding  members.  They  shall  have 
no  vote. 

Section  2.  Regular  members  shall  be  either  life  mem- 
bers upon  the  payment  of  the  initiation  fee  of  $10  on  joining 
the  Society,  and  $50  in  that  or  in  any  one  year  thereafter,  or 
annual  members  upon  the  payment  of  the  initiation  fee  of  $  1 0 
besides  the  annual  dues  of  $5  for  the  first  year  and  $5  annually 
thereafter.  The  annual  dues  shall  be  payable  in  advance  on  the 
1  3th  day  of  April  of  each  year.  Notice  shall  be  sent  by  the 
Treasurer  to  every  member  failing  to  pay  his  annual  subscrip- 
tion when  due.  If  such  annual  dues  shall  be  in  arrears  for  two 
years  and  shall  not  be  paid  in  full,  after  due  notice  as  afore- 
said, on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June  following  the  day  upon 
which  the  second  year's  dues  become  payable,  the  person  so 
failing  to  pay  shall  cease  to  be  a  member  of  the  Society  and 
his  or  her  name  shall  be  erased  from  the  list  of  members  accord- 
ingly, provided,  however,  that  the  Executive  Committee  shall 
have  power  in  their  discretion  to  restore  such  delinquent  mem- 
ber upon  payment  of  the  amount  due  and  upon  proof  satisfac- 
tory to  the  Executive  Committee  that  the  failure  to  pay  was  due 
to  oversight  or  excusable  neglect. 

Section  3.  Part  1.  Honorary  and  corresponding  mem- 
bers shall  be  elected  by  the  Society  on  recommendation  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  to  whom  all  applications  for  such  nomi- 
nations should  be  addressed. 

Part  2.  Only  members  of  the  Society  have  the  right  of 
proposing  and  seconding  candidates,  and  those  members  must 
have  personally  known  such  candidates  for  over  a  year,  and 
vouch  for  their  good  standing.  Application  blanks  for  regu- 
lar members  will  be  furnished  by  the  chairman  of  the  Pedigree 
Committee.  When  these  are  filled  in  with  the  names  of  the 
candidate  for  admission,  names  of  the  Huguenot  ancestor,  and 
names  of  the  proposer  and  seconder,  and  returned  to  the 
Library,  the  chairman,  if  satisfied  that  the  Huguenot  claims 
are  admissable,  shall  then  forward  pedigree  blanks. 

Part  3.  These  pedigree  blanks  must  be  filled  out  in  the 
most  exact  manner  possible,  and  all  dates  of  births,  marriages 
and  deaths  given,  before  the  name  of  the  candidate  can  be  con- 

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sidered  by  the  Executive  Committee.  If  printed  records  of 
these  dates  exist,  page  and  book  in  which  they  appear  must 
be  given.  If  conclusive  evidence  be  furnished  that  these  rec- 
ords have  been  lost  or  destroyed,  the  committee  may  accept 
other  satisfactory  evidence. 

Part  4.  Candidates  for  regular  membership  must  be  pro- 
posed at  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee.  These  candi- 
dates shall  be  elected  by  the  Executive  Committee  at  any  meet- 
ing subsequent  to  that  at  which  they  were  proposed  on  the 
affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  committee  present. 

Part  5.  All  supplementary  pedigrees  must  be  approved 
by  the  Executive  Committee  before  they  can  be  filed  in  the 
archives  of  the  Society,  or  before  the  names  of  the  Huguenot 
ancestors  mentioned  therein  can  be  inserted  in  the  list  of  mem- 
bers. 

Part  6.  The  Secretary  shall  (through  the  Treasurer) 
notify  the  candidate  of  his  or  her  election  and  with  this  notifi- 
cation the  Treasurer  shall  enclose  the  bill  for  initiation  fee,  and 
dues  for  the  first  year, — and  upon  the  payment  within  thirty 
days  of  the  required  amount,  the  person  shall  be  entered  on  the 
list  of  members.  Due  notification  of  the  election  of  the  candi- 
date shall  be  sent  to  the  proposer  by  the  Secretary. 


THE  MILITARY  ORDER  OF  THE  LOYAL  LEGION 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 

Instituted  April  15,  1865 

Objects 

The  objects  of  this  Order  shall  be  to  cherish  the  memories 
and  associations  of  the  war  waged  in  defence  of  the  unity  and 
indivisibility  of  the  Republic;  strengthen  the  ties  of  fraternal 
fellowship  and  sympathy  formed  by  companionship-in-arms ; 
advance  the  best  interests  of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the 
United  States  especially  of  those  associated  as  Companions  of 
this  Order,  and  extend  all  possible  relief  to  their  widows  and 
children;  foster  the  cultivation  of  military  and  naval  science; 
enforce  unqualified  allegiance  to  the  General  Government ;  pro- 
tect the  rights  and  liberties  of  American  citizenship,  and  main- 
tain National  Honor,  Union  and  Independence. 

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Membership 

Section  1 .  The  Companions  of  this  Order  shall  be  elected 
in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided  from  the  classes  defined  in 
this  Article,  and  shall  be  entitled  Companions  of  the  First  Class, 
Second  Class  and  Third  Class,  respectively,  as  described  and 
defined. 

Section  2.  Original  Companions  of  the  First  Class. 
Commissioned  officers  and  honorably  discharged  commissioned 
officers  of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy  and  Marine  Corps, 
Regular  or  Volunteer,  including  officers  of  assimilated  or  cor- 
responding rank  by  appointment  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or 
Navy,  who  were  actually  engaged  in  the  suppression  of  the 
Rebellion  prior  to  the  fifteenth  day  of  April,  1865,  and  whose 
names  appear  in  the  Official  Registers  of  the  United  States 
Army  and  Navy  and  of  the  Volunteer  Force  of  the  United  States 
Army,  or  appeared  upon  the  official  records  of  the  United  States 
War  or  Navy  Department  during  their  term  of  service  as  com- 
missioned officers  of  organizations  mustered  into  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  and  not  restricted  to  service  within  any  given 
State,  for  a  period  of  service  not  less  than  ninety  days,  or  who 
served  under  the  President's  call  of  the  fifteenth  day  of  April, 
1 86 1  ;  or  who,  having  served  as  non-commissioned  officers, 
warrant  officers  or  enlisted  men,  during  the  War  of  the  Rebel- 
lion, have  since  been  or  may  hereafter  be  commissioned  as  offi- 
cers in  the  United  States  Regular  or  Volunteer  Army,  Navy  or 
Marine  Corps;  and  persons  who,  having  served  as  non-com- 
missioned officers,  warrant  officers  or  enlisted  men  as  aforesaid, 
shall  have  become  eligible  to  membership  by  descent  from 
members  of  the  Order,  or  officers  who  were  eligible  as  such, 
who  shall  have  died.  All  midshipmen  in  the  United  States 
Navy  and  all  cadets  of  the  United  States  Army,  who  while 
pursuing  their  course  in  the  United  States  Naval  Academy  or 
the  United  State  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  actually 
rendered  service,  and  which  service  has  been  or  shall  be  recog- 
nized by  the  United  States  Congress  or  the  Navy  Department  or 
by  the  War  Department  as  service  rendered  during  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion.  Those  elected  under  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  designated  Original  Companions  of  the  First  Class. 

Section  3.  Hereditary  Companions  of  the  First  Class. 
The  direct  male  lineal  descendants,  who  shall  have  attained  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years,  of  deceased  Original  Companions  of 
the  First  Class,  and  of  deceased  officers  not  members  of  the 

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Order,  but  who  were  eligible  as  such,  and  whose  direct  descent 
shall  in  every  case  be  traced  anew  from  the  original  founder  of 
the  membership  in  the  Order,  or  from  the  deceased  eligible  offi- 
cer, and  not  otherwise.  Those  elected  under  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  designated  Hereditary  Companions  of  the 
First  Class. 

Section  4.  Any  Original  Companion  having  no  direct 
lineal  male  descendant,  may,  by  writing,  filed  with  the  Recorder 
of  his  Commandery,  nominate  a  Companion  of  the  Second 
Class  from  among  the  collateral  male  members  of  his  family, 
descending  only  from  his  own  brother  or  sister,  and  the  per- 
son so  nominated  when  he  shall  have  attained  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years  shall  become  eligible  to  membership  for  life  in  the 
Second  Class.  Any  nomination  for  membership  in  any  class 
heretofore  filed  by  an  Original  Companion  shall  be  valid  and 
effectual  as  a  nomination  under  this  Section. 

Section  5.  No  eligibility  to  membership  shall  be  derived 
from  an  Original  Companion  who%  has  been  expelled  from  the 
Order  and  not  reinstated. 

Section  6.  The  resignation  of  a  Companion,  or  the  drop- 
ping of  a  Companion  from  the  rolls  for  neglect  or  refusal  to 
pay  arrears,  or  the  expulsion  of  a  Companion  who  has  obtained 
membership  by  descent,  shall  not  affect  the  eligibility  of  his 
successor. 

Section  7.  An  applicant  applying  for  membership  by 
virtue  of  descent  from  a  deceased  Companion,  or  from  a  de- 
ceased eligible  officer,  shall  file  affidavits  and  furnish  such  other 
evidence  as  may  be  required,  setting  forth  the  facts  upon  which 
the  eligibility  is  claimed. 

Section  8.  Second  Class:  The  sons,  and  if  there  be  no 
sons,  the  grandsons,  of  living  Companions  of  the  First  Class, 
whether  Original,  in  Succession,  or  by  Inheritance,  who  shall 
have  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  shall  be  eligible  to 
membership.  Those  elected  under  the  provisions  of  this  Sec- 
tion shall  be  designated  Companions  of  the  Second  Class. 

Section  9.  Upon  the  death  of  the  Companion  from  whom 
his  eligibility  by  direct  descent  was  derived,  a  Companion  of 
the  Second  Class  shall  become  a  Succession  Companion  of  the 
First  Class,  and  be  so  announced  to  the  Order  by  Circular. 

Section  1 0.  Companions  of  the  Second  Class  shall  have 
the  right  to  vote  in  all  cases  except  in  elections  of  applicants 
for  membership  as  Original  Companions  of  the  First  Class. 

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Section  1  1 .  Third  Class :  Companions  of  the  Third 
Class  are  those  gentlemen  who,  in  civil  life,  during  the  Rebel- 
lion, were  specially  distinguished  for  conspicuous  and  consist- 
ent loyalty  to  the  National  Government,  and  were  active  and 
eminent  in  maintaining  the  supremacy  of  the  same;  and  who, 
prior  to  the  fifteenth  day  of  April,  1 890,  were  elected  members 
of  the  Order  pursuant  to  the  then  existing  provisions  of  the 
Constitution,  the  power  to  elect  such  having  ceased  at  that 
date. 


THE  NATIONAL  MARY  WASHINGTON 
MEMORIAL  ASSOCIATION 

Organized  February  22d,  1 890,  for  1 000  years 

Objects 

The  particular  objects  of  the  Society  are  the  erection  of  a 
suitable  monument  to  Mary,  the  mother  of  George  Washing- 
ton, including  the  acquisition  of  such  ground  as  may  be  proper, 
and  the  improvement  thereof  by  enclosure  and  otherwise,  and 
the  maintenance  and  preservation  in  good  order,  in  perpetuity, 
of  said  monument  with  the  improvements. 

Contributors 

Any  person  who  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  annually  the 
sum  of  one  dollar  or  more  shall  be  recorded  as  a  contributor 
for  that  year  and  shall  be  published  as  such  in  the  annual  report 
of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Providing  for  a  List  of  Life  Members 

35. — The  payment  of  twenty-five  dollars  by  one  person 
at  the  same  time  shall  entitle  the  person  so  paying  to  an 
Hereditary  Life  Membership  in  the  Association,  the  certificate 
of  which  is  a  medal  in  the  form  of  a  star  with  the  head  of  Mary, 
the  mother  of  Washington,  in  the  center,  the  initials  of  the 
Association  (N.  M.  W.  M.  A.)  in  blue  and  white  enamel  upon 
the  five  points  on  the  obverse  side,  and  the  Washington  Heraldic 
colors  on  the  reverse  side. 

This  Association  being  organized  for  perpetuity,  these 
Life  Members,  and  their  successors  by  inheritance,  are  privi- 

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leged  to  aid  in  caring  for  the  protection  and  preservation  of 
the  grave  and  monument  of  the  mother  of  Washington  for  all 
future  time.  These  medals  are  as  an  inheritance  to  descend  from 
mother  to  daughter  or  granddaughter,  and  so  on  in  the  direct 
female  line,  or  failing  these,  by  will  or  deed,  and  entitle  the 
inheritor  to  a  vote  at  all  meetings  of  the  Association  after  Feb- 
ruary 2  2d,  1896. 

No  medals  will  be  given  out  after  that  date. 


THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  COLONIAL  DAMES 
OF  AMERICA 

Preamble 

Whereas,  History  shows  that  the  remembrance  of  a 
nation's  glory  in  the  past  stimulates  to  national  greatness  in  the 
future,  and  that  successive  generations  are  awakened  to  truer 
patriotism  and  aroused  to  noble  endeavor  by  the  contemplation 
of  the  heroic  deeds  of  their  forefathers ;  therefore,  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Dames  of  America  has  been  formed,  that  the  descend- 
ants of  those  men  who  in  the  Colonial  period  by  their  rectitude, 
courage,  and  self-denial  prepared  the  way  for  success  in  that 
struggle  which  gained  for  the  country  its  liberty  and  constitu- 
tion, may  associate  themselves  together  to  do  honor  to  the  vir- 
tues of  their  forefathers,  and  to  encourage  in  all  who  come 
under  their  influence,  true  patriotism,  built  on  a  knowledge  of 
the  self-sacrifice  and  heroism  of  those  men  of  the  colonies  who 
laid  the  foundation  of  this  great  nation. 

Title 

1 .  Name  and  Organization.  This  Society  shall  be  known 
by  the  name,  style  and  title  of  the  National  Society  of  the  Colo- 
nial Dames  of  America,  and  shall  be  composed  of  Corporate 
Societies  of  which  there  are,  the  Societies  in  the  Thirteen  Co- 
lonial States,  or  the  Ancestral  Societies;  the  Society  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  or  the  Domicile  or  Charter  Society;  and  the 
Societies  in  the  Non-Colonial  States,  or  the  Associate  Societies. 

Every  member  of  every  State  Society  shall  be  a  Dame  of 
one  of  the  Thirteen  Ancestral  Societies. 

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Objects 

1 .  The  objects  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  collect  and  pre- 
serve manuscripts,  traditions,  relics,  and  mementos  of  bygone 
days ;  to  preserve  and  restore  buildings  connected  with  the  early 
history  of  our  country,  to  diffuse  healthful  and  intelligent  infor- 
mation concerning  the  past,  to  create  a  popular  interest  in  our 
Colonial  history,  to  stimulate  a  spirit  of  true  patriotism  and  a 
genuine  love  of  country,  and  to  impress  upon  the  young  the 
sacred  obligation  of  honoring  the  memory  of  those  heroic  an- 
cestors whose  ability,  valor,  sufferings  and  achievements  are 
beyond  all  praise. 

Membership 

1 .  Membership.      The  Corporate  Societies  shall  be  com- 
posed entirely  of  women  who  are  descended  in  their  own  right 
from  some  ancestor  of  worthy  life  who  came  to  reside  in  an 
American  colony  prior  to  1  750,  which  ancestor  or  some  one  of 
his  descendants,  being  a  lineal  ascendant  of  the  applicant,  shall 
have  rendered  efficient  service  to  his  country  during  the  Colonial 
period,  either  in  the  founding  of  a  commonwealth,  or  of  an  insti- 
tution which  has  survived  and  developed  into  importance,  or 
who  shall  have  held  an  important  position  in  a  Colonial  govern- 
ment, or  who,  by  distinguished  services,  shall  have  contributed 
to  the  founding  of  this  great  and  powerful  nation. 

2.  Date  of  Ancestor's  Services.      All  services  which  con- 
stitute a  claim  to  membership  must  have  been  rendered  before 
July  5,  1  776,  but  this  date  shall  be  held  to  include  all  the  signers 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 


THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  DAUGHTERS 
OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

Objects 

1 .  To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  spirit  of  the  men  and 
women  who  achieved  American  Independence,  by  the  acquisi- 
tion and  protection  of  historical  spots,  and  the  erection  of  monu- 
ments; by  the  encouragement  of  historical  research  in  relation 
to  the  Revolution  and  the  publication  of  its  results ;  by  the  pres- 
ervation of  documents  and  relics,  and  of  the  records  of  the  indi- 
vidual services  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  and  patriots,  and  by 
the  promotion  of  celebrations  of  all  patriotic  anniversaries. 

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2.  To  carry  out  the  injunction  of  Washington  in  his  fare- 
well address  to  the  American  people,  "to  promote,  as  an  object 
of  primary  importance,  institutions  for  the  general  diffusion  of 
knowledge,"  thus  developing  an  enlightened  public  opinion,  and 
affording  to  young  and  old  such  advantages  as  shall  develop  in 
them  the  largest  capacity  for  performing  the  duties  of  American 
citizens. 

3.  To  cherish,  maintain  and  extend  the  institutions  of 
American  freedom,  to  foster  true  patriotism  and  love  of  country 
and  to  aid  in  securing  for  mankind  all  the  blessings  of  liberty. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  Any  woman,  eighteen  years  of  age  or  more,  is 
eligible  to  membership  provided  she  be  descended  from  a  man 
or  a  woman  who,  with  unfailing  loyalty,  rendered  material  aid  to 
the  cause  of  American  Independence;  or  from  a  recognized 
patriot,  soldier  or  sailor  or  Civil  officer,  in  one  of  the  several 
Colonies  or  States,  or  of  the  United  Colonies  or  States ;  and  pro- 
vided she  be  acceptable  to  the  Society. 

Section  2.  An  applicant  for  membership  shall  be  endorsed 
by  at  least  two  members  of  the  National  Society.*  The  appli- 
cation shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Registrar  General  and  the  initia- 
tion fee  and  annual  dues  (See  Article  IX)  sent  to  the  Treasurer 
General  at  the  same  time.  The  Registrar  General  shall  report  on 
the  eligibility  of  the  applicant  to  the  National  Board  of  Man- 
agement and  the  application  shall  be  voted  on  by  ballot.  If  the 
majority  of  said  Board  approve  such  application,  the  applicant 
shall  be  declared  a  member  of  the  National  Society. 

Section  3.  If  the  applicant  present  a  card  of  transfer  from 
the  National  Society  of  the  Children  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, showing  that  she  was  in  good  standing  with  all  dues  paid 
to  that  Society  to  the  age  of  eighteen,  and  the  transfer  be  given 
within  a  year  thereafter,  she  shall  be  admitted  to  the  National 
Society  and  be  exempt  from  payment  of  the  initiation  fee,  if 
eligible  to  the  National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution. 

Section  4.  All  persons  whose  applications  were  approved 
on  or  before  October  11,  1 89 1 ,  are  charter  members  of  the 
National  Society. 

*  It  was  voted  at  the  Twenty-first  Continental  Congress,  that  the  application 
papers  of  tkose  wishing  to  become  members-at-large  must  be  endorsed  by  the 
Regent  of  the  State  in  which  the  applicant  resides. 

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THE  NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE 
AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

Objects 

The  purposes  and  objects  of  this  Society  are  declared  to 
be  patriotic,  historical  and  educational,  and  shall  include  those 
intended  or  designed  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  men 
who,  by  their  services  or  sacrifices  during  the  war  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  achieved  the  independence  of  the  American 
people;  to  unite  and  promote  fellowship  among  their  descend- 
ants ;  to  inspire  them  and  the  community  at  large  with  a  more 
profound  reverence  for  the  principles  of  the  government 
founded  by  our  forefathers ;  to  encourage  historical  research  in 
relation  to  the  American  Revolution;  to  acquire  and  preserve 
the  records  of  the  individual  services  of  the  patriots  of  the  war, 
as  well  as  documents,  relics  and  landmarks ;  to  mark  the  scenes 
of  the  Revolution  by  appropriate  memorials;  to  celebrate  the 
anniversaries  of  the  prominent  events  of  the  war  and  of  the 
Revolutionary  period;  to  foster  true  patriotism;  to  maintain 
and  extend  the  institutions  of  American  freedom,  and  to  carry 
out  the  purposes  expressed  in  the  preamble  of  the  Constitution 
of  our  country  and  the  injunctions  of  Washington  in  his  fare- 
well address  to  the  American  people. 

Membership 

Section  1.  Any  man  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in 
the  Society  who,  being  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  or  over, 
and  a  citizen  of  good  repute  in  the  community,  is  the  lineal 
descendant  of  an  ancestor  who  was  at  all  times  unfailing  in  his 
loyalty  to,  and  rendered  active  service  in,  the  cause  of  American 
Independence,  either  as  an  officer,  soldier,  seaman,  marine, 
militiaman,  or  minute  man,  in  the  armed  forces  of  the  Conti- 
nental Congress,  or  of  any  one  of  the  several  Colonies  or  States, 
or  as  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence ;  or  as  a  mem- 
ber of  a  Committee  of  Safety  or  Correspondence ;  or  as  a  mem- 
ber of  any  Continental,  Provincial,  or  Colonial  Congress  or 
Legislature;  or  as  a  recognized  patriot  who  performed  actual 
service  by  overt  acts  of  resistance  to  the  authority  of  Great 
Britain. 

Section  2.  No  one  shall  be  entitled  to  membership  in  any 
State  Society  who  has  previously  been  a  member  of  any  other 
State  Society  and  dropped  for  the  non-payment  of  dues,  until 

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Army  and  Navy  Union 

of  the  United  States 

of  America 


United  Spanish  War 
Veterans 


The  Welcome  Society 
of  Pennsylvania 


Regular  and  Volunteer 
Army  and  Navy  Union 


Sons  of  Veterans 
United  States  of  America 


THE  NATIONAI 

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CTY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE 
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his  Society  are  declared  to 
*al  and  shall  include  those 
;  the  memory  of  the  men 
iring  the  war  of  the  Ameri- 
>endence  of  the  American 
rship  among  their  descend- 
i  unity  at  .large  with  a  more 
.iples  of  the  government 
urage  historical  research  in 
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State  Society  and  dropped  for  tbe 


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non-payment  of  dues,  until 


PLATE  XIII 


the  indebtedness  of  such  individual  to  the  first  Society  shall  have 
been  adjusted. 

Section  3.  Applications  for  membership  shall  be  made  to 
any  State  Society,  in  duplicate,  upon  blank  forms  prescribed  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  shall  in  each  case  set  forth  the  name, 
occupation  and  residence,  of  the  applicant,  line  of  descent,  and 
the  name,  residence  and  services  of  his  ancestor  or  ancestors  in 
the  Revolution,  from  whom  he  derives  eligibility. 

The  applicant  shall  make  oath  that  the  statements  of  his 
application  are  true,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief. 

Upon  the  approval  of  an  application  by  the  State  Society 
to  which  it  is  made,  one  copy  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Regis- 
trar General  of  the  National  Society,  who  shall  examine  further 
the  eligibility  of  the  applicant.  If  satisfied  that  the  member  is 
not  eligible,  he  shall  return  the  application  for  correction. 

Until  the  State  Society  shall  satisfy  the  Registrar  General 
of  the  eligibility  of  such  applicant,  his  name  shall  not  be  placed 
on  the  roll  of  membership. 

Section  4.  The  official  designation  of  the  members  of 
The  National  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
shall  be  "Compatriots." 


THE  NAVAL  AND  MILITARY  ORDER  OF  THE 
SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR 

Objects 

The  objects  of  the  Order  are  to  cherish  the  memories  and 
associations  of  the  war  with  Spain;  to  promote  ties  of  fellow- 
ship and  sympathy  among  those  who  participated  in  the  war, 
and  to  acquire  and  preserve  the  records  of  their  individual 
services ;  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  the  sailors  and  soldiers 
of  the  United  States ;  to  promote  unqualified  allegiance  to  the 
general  government;  to  protect  the  rights  and  liberties  of 
American  citizenship;  and  to  maintain  the  national  honor. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  Any  man  of  good  repute  shall  be  eligible  to 
membership  in  the  Order  who  was  on  the  active  list,  or  per- 
formed active  duty  (and  who  is  still  in  the  service,  or  has  re- 
ceived an  honorable  discharge  from  the  same)  as  a  commis- 

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sioned  officer,  regular  or  volunteer,  in  the  United  States  Army, 
Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  or  as  a  contract  surgeon,  during  the 
war  with  Spain,  or  in  the  subsequent  insurrection  in  the  Philip- 
pines prior  to  April  1 ,  1 90 1  ;  or  participated  in  the  said  war  or 
insurrection,  prior  to  said  date,  as  a  midshipman,  naval  or  mili- 
tary cadet,  or  as  an  officer  in  the  United  States  Revenue  Cutter 
Service  on  any  vessel  assigned  to  duty  under  the  control  of  the 
United  States  Navy  Department,  or  as  a  warrant  officer,  non- 
commissioned officer,  or  enlisted  man,  and  subsequently  be- 
came a  commissioned  officer  in  the  United  States  Army,  Navy 
or  Marine  Corps. 

Section  2.  Upon  the  death  of  a  Companion  of  the  Order, 
or  officer  eligible  to  membership  by  right  of  personal  service 
in  the  Spanish-American  War,  or  in  the  insurrection  in  the 
Philippines  prior  to  April  1 ,  1 90 1 ,  all  his  direct  male  lineal 
descendants  reaching  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  shall  be  eli- 
gible for  election  as  Companions  of  the  Order,  or  by  Inheritance. 

Provided,  First.  That  the  inheritance  shall  in  every  case 
of  succession  be  traced  anew  from  the  original  founder  of  the 
membership  in  the  Order, or  deceased  officer  as  aforesaid,  and 
not  otherwise,  and  shall  be  limited  in  cases  of  collateral  succes- 
sion to  the  brothers,  and  descendants  of  brothers  and  sisters,  of 
such  Original  Companion  or  deceased  officer;  in  cases  of  rep- 
resentation through  females,  the  elder  branches  shall  be  pre- 
ferred to  the  younger. 

Second.  That  any  person  eligible  to  membership  by  in- 
heritance, or  by  renunciation  of  another,  may,  in  writing,  waive 
and  renounce  his  right  to  such  eligibility  in  favor  of  the  person 
next  entitled  at  the  time  of  such  renunciation,  excepting  that  no 
person  who  is  a  direct  lineal  descendant  of  an  Original  Com- 
panion or  deceased  officer  as  aforesaid  shall  be  allowed  to  waive 
his  right  in  favor  of  a  collateral  relative  of  such  Original  Com- 
panion or  deceased  officer. 

Third.  That  in  case  a  companion,  or  person  already  eligi- 
ble to  membership,  is  next  in  line  of  inheritance  from  an  Origi- 
nal Companion  or  deceased  officer  as  aforesaid,  the  eligibility 
to  membership  derived  from  such  deceased  Companion  or  offi- 
cer shall  devolve  upon  the  person  next  entitled  other  than  such 
living  Companion  or  person  already  eligible,  or  the  direct  lineal 
descendant  of  either;  but  any  Original  Companion  having  no 
direct  lineal  descendant  may,  by  writing  filed  with  the  Recorder 
of  the  Commandery  in  which  he  may  be  enrolled,  or  by  his 

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last  will  and  testament  or  instrument  in  the  nature  thereof, 
nominate  for  life  his  successor  from  among  his  male  heirs  with- 
in the  said  limits  in  the  collateral  branches  of  his  family. 

Fourth.  That  in  cases  of  inheritance  by  persons  under 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years  the  right  of  succession  to  eligibility 
to  membership,  or  of  renunciation  thereof,  shall  remain  in 
abeyance  until  they  shall  attain  that  age. 

Fifth.  That  the  resignation,  expulsion,  or  forfeiture  of 
membership  of  a  Companion  who  has  obtained  such  member- 
ship by  inheritance,  or  the  rejection  by  the  Commandery  of  an 
applicant  for  membership  whose  claim  thereto  is  based  on  in- 
heritance, shall  only  work  as  a  waiver  of  his  rights  in  favor  of 
the  next  person  in  line  of  inheritance  from  the  Original  Com- 
panion or  deceased  officer  as  aforesaid. 

Sixth.  That  no  right  of  inheritance  shall  be  derived  from 
any  Original  Companion  whose  membership  in  the  Order  was 
forfeited  under  Article  XVII  of  the  Constitution,  and  who  was 
not  reinstated. 

Section  3.  The  direct  male  Jineal  descendants,  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  of  living  Companions,  whether  original,  by 
inheritance  or  in  succession,  shall  be  eligible  to  election  as 
Junior  Companions.  Upon  the  death  of  the  Companion  from 
whom  he  derives  eligibility,  a  Junior  Companion  shall  become 
a  Companion  in  Succession. 

Section  4.  A  Companion  having  no  direct  lineal  male  de- 
scendants may  nominate  for  election  as  Junior  Companion  a 
male  member  of  his  family  descending  only  from  his  brother 
or  sister.  If  the  nominee  shall  be  a  minor,  the  nomination  shall 
remain  in  abeyance  until  he  reaches  the  age  of  twenty-one  years. 
A  Junior  Companion  so  elected  shall  become  a  Companion  in 
Succession  upon  the  death  of  the  Companion  who  made  the 
nomination,  provided,  that  if  a  Companion  shall  have  descend- 
ants subsequent  to  his  nomination  of  and  the  consequent  elec- 
tion of  a  Junior  Companion,  the  future  representation  of  the 
family  in  the  Order  shall  revert  to  the  direct  line  and  succession 
in  the  collateral  line  following  the  nomination  and  election  shall 
terminate.  In  case  a  nomination  be  not  made  by  a  Companion 
having  no  direct  lineal  male  descendants,  the  eligibility  shall 
follow  the  rule  laid  down  in  Article  III  of  the  Constitution,  in 
the  collateral  branches  of  his  family  in  the  order  of  genealogical 
succession. 

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THE  ORDER  OF  COLONIAL  LORDS  OF 
MANORS  IN  AMERICA 

Objects 

The  study  of  feudal  institutions  in  the  Colonial  period  of 
American  History ;  to  collect  and  publish  all  that  can  be  gleaned 
in  public  and  private  archives,  manuscript  and  otherwise,  re- 
lating to  Manor  lands ;  to  locate  and  secure  photographic  copies 
of  portraits  of  Lords  and  Ladies  of  Manors;  to  bring  to  light 
the  laws  covering  the  rights  and  privileges  and  obligations  of 
Lords  of  Manors  in  England  in  the  1  7th  and  1 8th  centuries,  and 
thus  contribute  an  unwritten  page  in  the  history  of  the  Ameri- 
can Colonies  when  feudal  institutions  were  under  English  Rule 
and  Custom. 

Membership 

Membership,  which  is  limited,  is  by  invitation  in  the  name 
of  "The  Order  of  Colonial  Lords  of  Manors  in  America,"  and  is 
in  right  of  descent  from  a  man  or  woman  who  enjoyed  feudal 
rights  in  any  of  the  American  Colonies  prior  to  July  4th,  1  776; 
as  a  Proprietary,  a  Lord  of  a  Manor,  a  Patroon,  a  Landgrave, 
or  by  whatever  designation  known,  enjoying  equal  rights  and 
privileges. 


THE  ORDER  OF  THE  CROWN  OF  AMERICA 

This  honorary  organization,  whose  work  dates  from  1 898, 
and  whose  Constitution  was  issued  in  1902,  was  founded  by 
Miss  Henrietta  Lynde  de  Neville  Farnsworth,  of  Detroit,  Michi- 
gan. 

Its  purpose  is  to  perpetuate  the  memory,  not  only  of  illus- 
trious Colonial  ancestors,  but  of  those  belonging  to  earlier  gen- 
erations who  descended  lineally  and  legitimately  from  the  royal 
houses  of  the  old  world;  to  keep  in  mind  the  efforts  made  by 
them  towards  the  furtherance  of  human  progress ;  to  encourage 
the  acquisition  of  knowledge  relating  to  the  periods  in  which 
they  lived,  and  to  inspire  the  loftiest  conceptions  of  American 
citizenship. 

Membership 

Membership  shall  be  by  invitation  only,  such  invitation  to 
be  extended  by  State  Councilor  through  the  State  Secretary 

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Military  Order  of 
Moro  Campaigns 


National  Society  of 

Americans  of  Royal 

Descent 


National  Society  of 
Daughters  of  Found* 
and  Patriots  of  Amei 


Scions  of 
Colonial  Cavaliers 


The  Holland  Society 
of  New  York 


THE  ORDf  YL  LORDS  OF 

RICA 

The  study  of  t<~«  .«  in  the  Colonial  period  of 
Americai  i<>  labiO  'o«*'Bllh  all  that  can  be  gleaned 
in  public  am  KngijsqraeD  oidMbcript  and  otherwise  re- 
lating to  Ma?>  and  secure  photographic  copies 
of  portrn-  lors;  to  bring  to  light 
the  1?  and  privileges  and  obligations  of 
LorH  .he  17th  and  18th  centuries,  and 
thu*  .^e  rn  the  history  of  the  Ameri- 
can '  a$  were  under  English  Rule 

v  invitation  in  the  name 
!»  rr  Manors  in  America,"  and  is 
woman  who  enjoyed  feudal 
r  to  July  4th,  1776; 

,  a 

'^qual 
bos 


IsinoIoO 


Thi*h,  >m  1698, 

«nd  whos  'rrd  by 

Miss  \ J  vlichi- 

.utrpote  i,  >t  only  of  illus- 

-;mg  to  earlier  gen- 

tely  from  the  royal 

d  the  efforts  made  by 

progress ;  to  encourage 

the  -.e  periods  in  which 

they  1.  nceptions  of  American 

citizensh 


Membershif          v*9iooZ  bnsIiqH  9dT>nly,  such  invitation  to 
be  extended  ;  WtoY  waH  itfough  the  State  Secretary 


PLATE  XIV 


\ 


upon  request  of  two  members,  one  of  whom  is  personally  ac- 
quainted with  the  proposed  Candidate.  With  the  invitation, 
the  State  Secretary  will  enclose  to  the  applicant  Application 
and  Lineage  Blanks  to  be  filled  out  by  the  Applicant  and  for- 
warded by  her  direct  to  the  President  General.  She  will  file 
one  set  of  these  papers  in  the  Temporary  Case  and  send  the 
other  to  the  Registrar  General,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  care- 
fully examine  same,  and  if  satisfied  of  the  Applicant's  eligibility 
and  desirability,  she  will  file  papers  and  report  to  the  President 
and  Secretary  General.  The  latter  will  in  turn  notify  the 
Applicant. 

The  Applicant  is  allowed  two  months  in  which  to  accept, 
this  acceptance  to  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  General  with  Initia- 
tion Fee  and  Dues  for  first  year.  She,  in  turn,  will  forward 
Fees  and  Dues  to  the  Treasurer  General.  The  latter  will  send 
to  the  President  General  name  and  address  of  new  member. 

The  lineage  record  must  be  made  out  and  signed  by  a  pro- 
fessional genealogist  of  recognized  standing. 


THE  ORDER  OF  THE  FOUNDERS  AND  PATRIOTS 
OF  AMERICA 

Objects 

The  Order  of  the  Founders  and  Patriots  of  America,  as 
its  name  indicates,  lays  emphasis  upon  two  heroic  classes — the 
Founders,  the  brave  pioneers  who  in  the  Seventeenth  Century 
came  to  and  subdued  the  primeval  wilderness  of  the  American 
Continent,  establishing  here  the  civilization  which  has  devel- 
oped so  gloriously;  and  the  Patriots,  those  who  in  the  years  of 
the  Revolution  played  an  immortal  part  in  the  cause  of  liberty. 
No  other  hereditary  society  combines  both  these  fields.  The 
need  for  an  Order  whose  insignia  should  be  the  badge  of  the 
double  honor  of  a  descent  from  both  Founders  and  Patriots  was 
recognized,  and  this  Order  was  organized  in  1 896.  Its  remark- 
able growth  and  success  have  demonstrated  the  reality  of  this 
need.  There  are  now  six  State  Societies  under  the  General 
Court,  the  New  York,  organized  April  24th,  1896;  the  New 
Jersey,  organized  April  28th,  1  896 ;  the  Connecticut,  organized 
May  9th,  1896;  the  Pennsylvania,  organized  January  14th, 
1897;  Massachusetts,  organized  May  29th,  1914;  the  Illinois, 

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organized  October  8th,  1914.  Although  the  conditions  of 
eligibility  are  necessarily  very  strict,  there  are  about  seven  hun- 
dred and  seventy  members  of  the  Order ;  and  the  Pennsylvania 
Society  has  at  present  one  hundred  members. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  Any  man  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  of 
good  moral  character  and  reputation,  and  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  who  is  lineally  descended,  in  the  male  line  of  either 
parent,  from  an  ancestor  who  settled  in  any  of  the  Colonies 
now  included  in  the  United  States  of  America,  prior  to  May 
1  3,  1 657,  and  one  or  all  of  whose  intermediate  ancestors,  in  the 
same  line,  who  lived  in  the  period  of  the  Revolution,  from  1775 
to  1  783,  adhered  as  patriots  to  the  cause  of  the  Colonies,  shall 
be  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Society,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided.  Provided  always,  That  the  Society  reserves  to  itself 
the  privilege  of  rejecting  any  nomination  that  may  not  be 
acceptable  to  it. 

Section  3.  The  male  descendants  of  any  associate,  being 
of  good  moral  character  and  reputation,  and  citizens  of  the 
United  States,  shall  also  be  eligible  to  membership,  provided 
that  the  claims  of  each  such  descendant  shall  be  traced  anew 
from  the  qualifying  ancestor  from  whom  the  first  associate  was 
eligible. 

The  clause  in  Section  1 ,  "Adhered  as  patriots  to  the  cause 
of  the  Colonies,"  means  attachment  to  the  cause  of  the  Colonies 
shown  by  military  or  naval  service  against  Great  Britain  or 
affirmative,  public  and  consistent  acts  manifesting  adherence, 
and  loyalty  to  the  American  cause  in  the  American  Revolution. 
This  must  be  satisfactorily  proved  by  proper  evidence. 


THE  ORDER  OF  THE  GOLDEN  HORSESHOE  OF 
TRAMONTANE 

This  Order  has  a  Charter  from  the  College  of  Arms  of 
Canadb,  with  right  of  registry  of  those  of  its  members  for  privi- 
leges of  Noblesse  under  the  Crown  in  Canada,  etc.,  who  con- 
form to  the  requirement  of  such  registry  under  the  edict  of 
1  760,  which  requires  descent  in  the  male  line,  family  name  from 
a  Royal  Officer,  military  or  civil,  of  1  760,  or  before,  of  honor- 
able European  ancestry,  or  from  an  officer  of  the  United  Empire 

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Loyalist  List  of  1  783,  of  limited  European  ancestry,  by  special 
provision  of  the  Loyalist  Act  of  Quebec,  of  King  George  III. 

Membership 

They  must  be  descended  from  one  of  the  60  Knights  of  this 
Order,  created  in  1  7 1 6  by  the  Royal  Governor  of  Virginia,  Sir 
Alexander  Spottswood,  for  their  achievement  of  opening  and 
defending  the  territory  of  Tramontane  for  King  George  II,  west 
of  the  Blue  Ridge  (now  Kentucky,  Southern  Orio  and 
Indiana). 


THE  ORDER  OF  THE  WHITE  CRANE 

Object 

To  unite  the  family  of  mankind  into  one  family,  so  far 
as  regards  brotherly  love,  justice  and  well-being,  into  a  band  of 
Christian  Knights. 

Membership 

All  those  who  descend  from  the  native  Chiefs  of  America, 
together  with  all  those  who  descend  from  Colonial  Ancestry, 
who  have  been  domiciled  in  America  from  the  earliest  period  to 
the  year  1  783,  and  are  of  the  Aryan  Race  (except  as  above 
specified  as  to  the  Indian  Chiefs)  or  natives  of  the  Americas, 
of  Indian,  Aztec  or  Toltec  origin. 


THE  ORDER  OF  WASHINGTON 
Founded  1895 

History 

This  Order  was  founded  at  Mobile,  Ala.,  in  1895,  and,  as 
far  as  I  am  aware,  is  the  only  one  named  for  the  illustrious 
general  and  statesman,  George  Washington.  Our  members 
having  become  separated,  the  Order  remained  in  abeyance 
when  an  attempt  was  made  by  Mr.  John  Eyerman,  of  Easton, 
Pa.,  and  myself,  to  revive  the  Order.  The  former  having  a 
die  cast  for  the  beautiful  insignia  now  adopted  by  us,  and  also 
some  handsome  invitations  issued,  containing  upon  their  face 
the  necessary  qualifications  of  admittance  to  the  Order.  Noth- 

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ing  further  was  done  until  I  became  permanently  settled  in  this 
city,  when  I  determined  to  reorganize  the  Order,  and  with  the 
assistance  of  certain  gentlemen,  we  placed  it  upon  a  firm  basis, 
and  on  May  13,  1908,  formally  instituted  the  Order  and  re- 
ceived a  Charter  for  the  same  on  June  11,  1 908,  so  that  we 
have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  The  Order  of  Washing- 
ton is  now  firmly  established,  and  as  a  qualification  for  mem- 
bership requires  that  the  ancestor  must  have  arrived  in  America 
before  1750,  have  been  a  landowner  or  founder  of  a  town,  held 
some  official,  military  or  ministerial  position  in  the  Colonial 
service,  and  had  a  descendant  who  aided  the  Colonies  in  attain- 
ing  their  independence.  j  <-,  g  Bulloch  M  D 

Chancellor-General . 
Objects 

"Whereas,  It  should  be  the  duty  of  all  those  of  illustrious 
lineage  to  preserve  intact  the  history  and  traditions  relating  to 
the  foundation  of  their  country,  and  to  endeavor  to  promote 
peace,  happiness,  and  the  general  welfare  of  mankind,  there- 
fore, we,  the  founders  of  this  Order,  should  use  our  influence 
to  see  that  our  institutions  are  kept  intact  and  free  from  per- 
nicious influences  and  that  freedom  and  liberty  be  promoted: 
Therefore,  we  whose  names  are  subjoined  do  now  institute  an 
order  of  patriotism  and  chivalry  to  be  known  as  The  Order  of 
Washington."  Membership 

In  order  to  become  a  member  of  this  Order  the  ancestor 
must  have  arrived  in  America  prior  to  1750,  have  been  a  land- 
owner or  a  founder  of  a  town,  and  have  held  some  official,  mili- 
tary (naval)  or  ministerial  position  in  Colonial  days,  and  also 
had  a  male  descendant  who  assisted  the  Colonies  in  attaining 
their  independence. 

In  order  to  explain  the  above  the  following  clause  is 
offered : 

The  candidate  to  become  a  Companion  in  this  Order  must 
have  descended  in  the  male  or  female  line  from  a  male  ancestor 
who  assisted  the  Colonies  in  attaining  their  independence,  and 
the  revolutionary  ancestor  must  have  descended  in  the  direct 
male  line  from  an  ancestor  who  was  in  the  Colonies  prior  to 
1750  and  who  or  whose  son  held  at  some  time  an  official  posi- 
tion during  the  Colonial  period,  or,  was  a  founder  of  a  town, 
or,  was  in  the  military  or  naval  service,  or  was  a  minister  of  the 
Gospel. 

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Imperial  Order  of  the 
Yellow  Rose 


Imperial  Order  of  the 
Dragon 


The  United  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy 


Military  Order  of  the 
French  Alliance 


National  Association  of 

Naval  Veterans 
U.S.  of  A.,  1861-1865 


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PLATE  XV 


THE  PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN  SOCIETY 
Organized  1891 

Objects 
Section  1 .     The  objects  of  the  Society  shall  be: 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  and  foster  the  principles  and 
virtues  of  the  early  settlers  in  Pennsylvania  of  Germanic  origin 
and  of  their  descendants. 

To  bring  to  public  notice  and  aid  in  the  preservation  of  the 
landmarks  and  monuments  of  these  early  settlers  and  to  collect 
and  preserve  the  early  printed  records,  books,  papers,  pamphlets, 
newspapers  and  in  particular  the  documentary  heritage,  includ- 
ing manuscripts,  letters,  journals,  church  and  church-yard  rec- 
ords, and  such  other  originals  as  relate  to  the  history  and  geneal- 
ogy of  the  Pennsylvania-Germans;  and  from  time  to  time  to 
publish  them,  especially  such  as  will  exhibit  the  part  belonging 
to  this  people  in  the  growth  and  development  of  American  char- 
acter, institutions  and  progress. 

To  set  together  the  deeds  of  these  early  pioneers  in  the 
American  wilderness  in  connected  historical  form,  and  give 
them  a  permanent  place  in  American  literature. 

To  cause  statedly  to  be  prepared  and  read  before  the  So- 
ciety papers  on  the  history,  biography,  genealogy,  customs,  lan- 
guage, art  and  folklore  of  the  Pennsylvania-Germans. 

To  promote  social  intercourse  among  its  membership. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  The  membership  of  the  Society  shall  consist  of 
three  classes,  viz. :  Regular,  Associate  and  Honorary. 

Section  2.  Regular  members  shall  be  direct  descendants 
of  early  settlers  in  Pennsylvania  of  Germanic  origin. 

Section  3.  Associate  members  shall  be  any  Americans  of 
German  descent,  or  any  Germans  who  have  become  naturalized 
citizens  of  the  United  States,  or,  any  persons  who  are  in  sym- 
pathy with  the  objects  of  this  Society.  They  shall  be  entitled  to 
all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  members,  except  that  they  shall 
have  no  vote  and  shall  be  ineligible  to  hold  office. 

Section  4.  Honorary  membership  may  be  conferred  upon 
distinguished  persons  who  are  in  sympathy  with  the  objects  of 

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the  Society  and  who  have  won  eminence  by  their  learning  or 
achievements  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  objects  of  the  Society. 

Section  5.  Applications  for  membership  of  all  classes 
shall  be  made  in  writing  on  blank  forms,  to  be  supplied  by  the 
Secretary,  which  shall  be  signed  by  the  applicant  and  by  two 
members  of  the  Society,  and  shall  contain  the  date  and  the  place 
of  birth,  the  occupation  of  the  applicant  and  the  line  of  ancestry 
from  which  the  applicant  has  descended,  together  with  such 
other  data  as  the  blank  form  may  indicate,  or  which  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  may  from  time  to  time  require.  All  applications 
for  membership  that  may  be  presented  to  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee at  any  of  its  meetings  shall  lie  over  and  be  acted  upon 
at  its  next  meeting;  and  if  the  application  be  found  in  order 
and  accompanied  by  the  dues,  as  provided  in  Article  IV,  Sec- 
tion 1 ,  hereof,  the  applicant  shall  be  balloted  for,  and  a  two- 
thirds  affirmative  vote  of  the  members  present  shall  be  necessary 
to  elect. 

Section  6.  Life  members  shall  consist  of  such  Regular  or 
Associate  members  as  may  be  elected  to  this  class  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  and  as  have  conformed  to  the  requirements  of 
Article  IV,  Section  2,  hereof. 

Section  7.  Honorary  members  shall  be  nominated  by  the 
Executive  Committee  and  elected  by  the  Society. 

Section  8.  The  nineteen  gentlemen  who  attended  the  two 
preliminary  meetings  at  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  February  1 4 
and  February  26,  1 89 1 ,  to  organize  the  Society  shall  be  known 
as  "Founders." 


THE  PILGRIM  SOCIETY 
Incorporated  1 820 

Object 

The  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth  in  the  month  of 
December,  in  the  year  1620,  and  the  permanent  foundations 
laid  by  them  in  Church  and  Commonwealth  under  peculiar  cir- 
cumstances of  privations  and  toil,  are  among  the  first  lines  of 
the  history  of  New  England  and  of  these  United  States.  Their 
various  emigrations  from  the  north  of  England,  the  land  of  their 
nativity,  to  Amsterdam  and  to  Leyden,  in  Holland,  in  1 607  and 

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1609,  and  their  final  removal  to  America,  in  1620,  as  above 
stated,  are  remarkable  eras  in  their  pilgrimage,  the  commemora- 
tion of  which  has  become  an  anniversary  piously  celebrated  on 
the  22d  day  of  December  by  their  descendants. 

That  these  historical  events  should  be  perpetuated  by  dura- 
ble monuments,  to  be  erected  at  Plymouth,  is  a  desirable  object 
in  which  public  feeling  very  laudably  concurs,  and  which  has 
led  to  the  institution  and  incorporation  of  the  Pilgrim  Society. 

Membership 

Any  person  of  good  moral  character,  who  shall  have  paid 
into  the  treasury  for  the  use  of  the  Society,  the  sum  of  five  dol- 
lars (or  any  person  who  shall  have  paid  or  shall  pay  the  sum  of 
five  dollars  in  aid  of  the  proposed  monument  to  be  erected  in 
honor  of  the  Pilgrims),  and  obtained  a  certificate  or  receipt 
from  the  Treasurer,  or,  in  his  absence,  from  the  Recording  Sec- 
retary, for  the  said  sum,  shall  be  entitled  to  membership,  and 
the  Secretary  shall,  on  receipt  of  such  document,  deliver  to 
every  such  person  a  diploma  accordingly. 

Any  person  of  respectable  character  may  be  proposed  as 
a  candidate  for  honorary  membership  at  any  meeting  of  the 
Society,  and  if  a  majority  of  votes  be  given  in  his  favor,  he  shall 
be  admitted  as  an  honorary  member. 

Any  person  who  shall  present  to  the  Library  or  Cabinet 
any  article  or  articles  which  the  Trustees  shall  deem  sufficiently 
valuable  to  entitle  him  to  membership,  may  be  then  admitted 
as  a  member. 


THE  ST.  NICHOLAS  SOCIETY  OF  THE  CITY  OF 
NEW  YORK 

Organized  February  28th,  1835.  Incorporated  April  17th,  1841 

Objects 

To  collect  and  preserve  information  respecting  the  history 
of  the  City  of  New  York  and  to  promote  social  intercourse 
among  its  native  citizens,  as  well  as  to  engage  in  certain  relief 

work'  Membership 

Any  person  of  full  age  in  respectable  standing  in  society, 
of  good  moral  character,  who  was  a  native  or  resident  of  the  city 

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or  State  of  New  York  prior  to  the  year  1  785,  or  who  is  the  de- 
scendant of  any  such  native  or  resident,  or  who  is  a  descendant 
of  a  member  of  this  Society,  shall  be  eligible  as  a  member.  But 
whenever,  and  as  long  as  there  shall  be  six  hundred  and  fifty 
members  of  the  Society  no  one  shall  be  elected  to  membership 
unless  he  be  the  descendant  in  the  oldest  male  line  of  a  member 
or  former  member,  and  in  all  elections  to  membership  the  ballot 
shall  be  first  taken  on  the  candidates  who  may  be  the  descend- 
ants of  members. 


THE  SOCIETY  FOR  THE  RESTORATION  OF  THE 
DUCAL  PROVINCE  OF  NORMANDY 

Divided  into  Five  Branches — One  in  England, 

One  in  Scotland,  One  in  Ireland,  One  in  Canada, 

One  in  America 

This  Society  is  under  Charter  of  the  College  of  Arms  of 
Canada,  holding  special  privilege  as  the  only  College  represent- 
ing the  ancient  Crown  of  France  by  edict  of  Louis  XIV,  of 
1 664,  and  by  recognition  of  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain  in  the 
Treaties  of  the  Cession  of  Canada  of  1  760  and  1  763.  Rights 
of  registration  conferring  privileges  of  Noblesse  to  those  quali- 
fying under  requirements  of  the  edict  of  1  760,  are  reserved  to 

members.  T 

Insignia 

A  shield  gules  with  three  leopards  or.  The  shield  is  ducally 
crowned  and  suspended  from  a  bar,  on  which  are  the  words: 
"Norman  de  la  Normandie."  A  scroll  at  the  base  of  the  shield 
bears  the  old  Norman  legend,  "Dieu  et  mon  droit." 

Objects 

To  collect  the  records  and  armorial  descriptions  of  Norman 
families — especially  those  of  members.  To  associate  together 
in  a  membership  to  practise  and  perpetuate  Norman  chivalry 
and  traditions,  especially  derived  from  the  Norman  Conquerors. 
To  urge  forward  the  suggestion  already  made  that  the  French 
Republic,  in  consideration  that  Great  Britain  will  cancel  the 
war  debt  due  Great  Britain  from  France,  will  cede  the  territory 
once  known  as  the  Ducal  Province  of  Normandy  back  to  the 
Crown  of  Great  Britain  with  all  its  sovereign  provincial  rights 

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as  established  by  the  Crown  of  France  under  Louis  XII,  when 
he  received  the  Province  from  England  under  Treaty  with  the 
Estates  of  Normandy  (Noblesse,  Clergy  and  Burgesses),  and 
which  Treaty  of  Tenure  has  been  violated  by  the  French  Repub- 
lic, the  constitution  and  Les  Coutumes  abolished,  and  the  prov- 
ince erased  and  dismembered,  shall  be  restored  under  the  Crown 
of  Great  Britain  and  the  ducal  government  remain  as  formerly. 

That  all  descendants  of  the  Norman  race,  however  far  re- 
moved, resent  the  present  degradation  of  the  hearthstone*  of 
their  race  and  pledge  themselves  to  do  their  best  to  restore  its 
treaty  rights  aforesaid  under  guardianship  of  the  Crown  of 
Great  Britain,  whose  constitution  is  also  a  derivative  of  that 
of  Normandy. 

Membership 

Requires  descent  from  the  Normans  and  a  pledge  to  aid  in 
restoring  the  ducal  province. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARK  AND  THE  DOVE 
Membership 

Any  person  of  legal  age  and  of  good,  moral  character  and 
reputation  is  eligible  for  membership  in  The  Society  of  The  Ark 
and  The  Dove,  who  is  lineally  descended  in  the  male  or  female 
line  from  Sir  George  Calvert,  first  Lord  Baltimore,  any  of  the 
gentlemen  adventurers,  or  from  any  member  of  the  company 
who  came  to  Maryland  in  the  ships  "The  Ark"  and  "The  Dove" 
and  assisted  in  the  foundation  of  the  Province  of  Maryland  at 
St.  Maries  City,  March  27,  1634. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  AND 
NAVY  OF  THE  GULF 

Objects 

To  keep  alive  the  many  pleasant  memories  of  the  com- 
mand, to  foster  among  its  members  that  kindly  feeling  and 
cordial  companionship  which  characterized  its  officers  in  all 
their  relations,  to  preserve  the  fair  fame  and  glory  of  its  fallen 
brave  and  to  transmit  to  posterity  the  good  name  of  the  living 
while  it  faithfully  cherishes  the  memory  of  its  dead. 

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Membership 

Officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  who  served  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Gulf,  and  have  been  honorably  mustered  out,  or 
who  still  remain  in  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States. 
Honorary  members  may  be  elected  from  time  to  time  from  offi- 
cers who  have  served  in  the  Armies  and  Navies  of  the  United 
States. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  GEORGIA 
Instituted  December  1 5th,  1 868 

Objects 

The  object  of  the  Association  shall  be  to  preserve  and  per- 
petuate the  history  of  the  Army  of  Georgia;  to  preserve  and 
unite  those  patriotic  sentiments,  and  to  maintain  and  strengthen 
that  courteous  and  friendly  intercourse  for  which  the  members 
of  this  army  have  always  been  distinguished;  to  preserve  the 
name  and  fame  of  the  members  of  this  army,  who  have  fallen 
in  the  field,  or  who  have  otherwise  perished  in  the  service  of 
their  country,  shall  be  one  of  the  sacred  duties  of  this  Asso- 
ciation, and  no  efforts  shall  be  spared  to  collect  and  preserve  in 
the  archives  of  the  Society,  the  testimonials  of  their  deeds  and 
services. 

This  Society  tenders  to  the  widows  and  orphans  of  our 
fallen  comrades  its  warmest  sympathy,  and  readily  pledges  it- 
self to  provide  for  the  wants  and  relieve  the  suffering  of  all  such 
of  them  as  are  destitute,  by  the  voluntary  contribution  of  its 
members,  or  in  such  other  way  as  from  time  to  time  may  be 
determined. 

It  further  pledges  itself  to  use  all  proper  effort  to  procure 
for  all  such  disabled  soldiers,  and  their  families,  as  are  entitled 
thereto,  the  pensions  and  bounties  now  provided  by  law. 

The  welfare  of  the  soldier's  widow;  the  good  name  and 
education  of  his  children,  shall  always  be  regarded  as  a  sacred 
privilege  and  trust  of  the  Association. 

Membership 

All  such  officers  and  soldiers  as  have  at  any  time  served 
in  this  army,  and  who  have  been  honorably  discharged  from 

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such  service ;  or  who  remain  in  service  in  the  regular  army,  who 
shall  have  subscribed  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the 
Society. 

Honorary  members  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  elected 
from  among  the  officers  of  other  armies  of  the  United  States, 
who  have  served  with  distinction  in  their  armies. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  THE  JAMES 

Information  as  to  Objects  and  Requirements  for  Member- 
ship not  available  at  time  of  publication. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  THE  POTOMAC 
Organized  July  5th  and  6th,  1 869,  and  Subsequently  Amended 

Objects 

The  object  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  cherish  the  memories 
and  associations  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac;  to  strengthen 
the  ties  of  fraternal  fellowship  and  sympathy  formed  from  com- 
panionship in  that  Army;  to  perpetuate  the  name  and  fame  of 
those  who  have  fallen  either  on  the  field  of  battle  or  in  the  line 
of  duty  with  the  Army;  to  collect  and  preserve  the  record  of 
its  great  achievements,  its  numerous  and  well-contested  battles, 
its  campaigns,  marches,  and  skirmishes. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  This  Association  shall  be  known  by  the  name 
and  title  of  "The  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,"  and 
shall  include  every  officer  and  enlisted  man  who  has  at  any  time 
served  with  honor  in  that  Army,  and  been  honorably  discharged 
therefrom,  or  remains  in  service  in  the  regular  Army,  who  shall 
have  given  his  assent  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the 
Society,  and  paid  his  initiation  fee.  It  shall  also  include  all 
officers  and  men  serving  on  vessels  which,  during  the  war,  were 
in  active  and  immediate  co-operation  with  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  and  who  were  honorably  discharged  therefrom  or  re- 
main in  the  regular  service,  and  who  shall  have  given  their 
assent  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Society  and  paid 
their  initiation  fee. 

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Section  2.  Honorary  members  may,  from  time  to  time, 
be  elected  from  those  who  have  served  with  distinction  in  any 
of  the  other  Armies,  or  in  the  Navy  of  the  United  States,  and 
also  from  those  who  have  acted  as  Orators  and  Poets  at  the 
Annual  Reunions. 

Amendment  to  Article  I 

Lineal  male  and  female  descendants  of  members  of  the 
Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and  of  deceased  honorably 
discharged  soldiers  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  who  shall  be  of 
full  age,  shall  be  eligible  for  membership  in  this  Society  as 
second-class  members  and  collaterals,  and  shall  be  entitled  to 
all  the  privileges  of  membership  save  that  of  voting.  The  Exec- 
utive Committee  shall  provide  a  badge  and  ribbon  for  second- 
class  members  distinct  from  that  worn  by  first-class  members. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  THE  TENNESSEE 

Objects 

The  object  of  the  Society  shall  be  to  keep  alive  and  pre- 
serve that  kindly  and  cordial  feeling  which  has  been  one  of  the 
characteristics  of  this  Army  during  its  career  in  the  service,  and 
which  has  given  it  such  harmony  of  action,  and  contributed, 
in  no  small  degree,  to  its  glorious  achievements  in  our  country's 
cause. 

The  fame  and  glory  of  all  the  officers  belonging  to  this 
Army,  who  have  fallen  either  on  the  field  of  battle,  or  in  their 
line  of  duty,  shall  be  a  sacred  trust  to  this  Society,  which  shall 
cause  proper  memorials  of  their  services  to  be  collected  and 
preserved,  and  thus  transmit  their  names  with  honor  to 
posterity. 

The  families  of  all  such  officers  who  shall  be  in  indigent 
circumstances  will  have  a  claim  on  the  generosity  of  the  Society, 
and  will  be  relieved  by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  its  mem- 
bers whenever  brought  to  their  attention.  In  like  manner,  the 
fame  and  suffering  families  of  those  officers  who  may  here- 
after be  stricken  down  by  death  shall  be  a  trust  in  the  hands  of 
their  survivors.  Membership 

Every  officer  who  has  served  with  honor  in  the  Army  of 
the  Tennessee,  their  wives,  lineal  descendants  and  other 
relatives. 

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The  Union  Society 
of  the  Civil  War 


Society  of 

Colonial  Dames 

of  America 


National  Society 

United  States  Daughters 

of  1812 


The  National  Society 

of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution 


Daughters  of  the 
Revolution 


Section  2.  y  members  may,  from  time  to  time, 

be  elected  from  tho*e  who  have  served  with  distinction  in  any 
of  the  other  /'•  the  N          of  the  United  States,  and 

also  from  those  -.  \  s  acted  as  Orators  and  Poets  at  the 

Annual  Reui: 

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Lineal  mxl*  W\V  ftvf^NSf  f$ants  °^  rnembers  of  the 

Society  o  and  of  deceased  honorably 

discharge  he  A«  r\* '  of  the  Potomac,  who  shall  be  of 

full  .  :  i  nembership  in  this  Society  as 

seccn  .  terals,  and  shall  be  entitled  to 

all  tl  ive  that  of  voting.    The  Exec- 

hall  provwitf  a  badge  and  ribbon  for  second- 
rn  by  first-class  members. 


THE  AKMY  OF  THE  TENNESSEE 

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country's 


The  fai^  <gent 
circumstancer  Society, 
and  will  be  r^  its  mem- 
bers whenever  br«  inner,  the 
fame  and  suffering  fa-  10  may  here- 
after b«  stricken  c4.^  •  i^fttK  thall  be  >.  the  hands  of 

Membership 

Every  officer  who  has  served  with  honor  in  the  Army  of 
the  Tennessee,  their  wives,  lineal  desciodants  and  other 
relatives.  dHl  io 


PLATE  XVI 


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THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  ARMY  OF  WEST  VIRGINIA 

Preliminary  Organization,  September  22d,  1 870 
Formally  Organized,  October  19th,  1871 

Objects 

To  cherish  the  memories  and  associations  of  the  Army  of 
West  Virginia ;  to  strengthen  the  ties  of  fraternal  fellowship  and 
sympathy  formed  from  companionship  in  the  Army;  to  per- 
petuate the  name  and  fame  of  those  who  have  fallen  either  on 
the  field  of  battle  or  in  the  line  of  duty  with  that  Army ;  to  col- 
lect and  preserve  the  record  of  its  great  achievements,  its  numer- 
ous and  well-contested  battles,  its  campaigns,  marches,  and 
skirmishes. 

Membership 

The  Association  may  include  the  Governors  of  the  State 
of  West  Virginia  previous  to  the  close  of  the  war ;  every  officer 
and  enlisted  man  who  has  at  any  time  served  with  honor  in  that 
Army  and  been  honorably  discharged  therefrom  or  remains  in 
service  in  the  Regular  Army ;  also  any  officer  and  enlisted  man 
living  in  what  was  the  Department  of  West  Virginia,  but  having 
served  in  other  armies  and  having  been  honorably  discharged 
therefrom.  Honorary  members  may,  from  time  to  time,  be 
elected  from  those  who  served  with  distinction  in  any  of  the 
other  armies  or  in  the  Navy  of  the  United  States. 


THE  MILITARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812 
Organized  January  8th,  1826 

Consolidated  with  the  Veteran  Corps  of  Artillery  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  January  8th,  1848 

Objects 

Whereas,  The  Congress  of  the  United  States,  by  Act  ap- 
proved June  18th,  1812,  declared  War  to  exist  between  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  and  the  de- 
pendencies thereof  and  the  United  States  of  America  and  their 
territories;  and 

Whereas,  This  appeal  to  arms  by  the  American  People, 
after  unexampled  forbearance,  was  made  necessary  by  a  contin- 
ued series  of  hostile  encroachments  and  aggressions  on  their 
rights,  interests  and  territorial  jurisdiction,  and  in  defence  of 
certain  great  principles  of  the  Law  of  Nations  which  had  been 

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oppressively  violated,  for  several  years,  to  their  great  injury; 
principles  which  may  be  summarized  as  follows: 

1.  That  the  Independence  and  territorial  sovereignty  of 
the  nation  is  inviolable. 

2.  That  the  National  flag  protects  seamen  on  regularly 
documented  American  vessels  against  Foreign  impressment. 

3.  That  the  Neutral  flag  covers  enemy's  goods  with  the 
exception  of  contraband  of  war. 

4.  That  neutral  goods,  with  the  exception  of  contraband 
of  war,  are  not  liable  to  capture  under  an  enemy's  flag ;  and 

5.  That  blockades,  in  order  to  be  binding,  must  be  ef- 
fective; that  is  to  say,  maintained  by  a  force  sufficient  really 
to  prevent  access  to  the  coast  of  the  enemy  and  preclude  a  rea- 
sonable chance  of  entrance ;  and 

Whereas,  It  is  fitting  that  the  principles  for  which  "The 
War  of  Eighteen  Hundred  and  Twelve"  was  waged  by  the 
United  States  should  ever  be  borne  in  remembrance  and  upheld 
by  the  American  People. 

Therefore,  This  Military  Society  has  been  instituted  by 
men  who  served  in  the  Armies  and  Navies  of  the  United  States 
in  the  War  of  Eighteen  Hundred  and  Twelve,  to  inspire  among 
the  members  and  among  the  American  People  the  patriotic  spirit 
of  those  who,  in  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United 
States,  or  in  service  on  private  armed  vessels  of  the  United 
States,  bearing  commissions  of  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal 
from  the  United  States,  during  the  War,  defended  their  Coun- 
try against  hostile  encroachments  on  its  rights  and  interests  and 
caused  its  sovereignty  and  independence  to  be  respected;  to 
inculcate  and  maintain  the  great  principles  of  the  Law  of  Na- 
tions for  which  they  contended,  to  collect  and  preserve  the 
manuscript  rolls,  records  and  other  documents  relating  to  that 
War,  and  to  commemorate  the  Land  and  Naval  victories  of  the 
American  arms  in  that  War ;  to  undertake  and  assist  in  the  erec- 
tion of  proper  memorials  thereof;  to  perpetuate  the  mutual 
friendships  formed  in  that  War  under  the  pressure  of  common 
danger,  and  to  promote  fellowship  among  the  members  of  every 
degree;  to  participate  in  the  celebration  of  other  historic  pa- 
triotic events  of  National  importance,  and  generally  to  take 
such  measures,  patriotic,  historical,  literary,  benevolent  and 
social,  as  may  conduce  to  the  general  intendment  of  this  Insti- 
tution, and  better  accomplish  the  objects  thereof. 

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Membership 

The  members  of  this  Institution  shall  be  of  two  classes, 
namely : 

Original  or  Hereditary,  who  shall  be  members  in  their 
own  right,  and 

Honorary,  who  shall  be  members  for  their  own  lives 
without  heritable  succession. 

Amendment  to  Article  Governing  Hereditary  Membership, 
adopted  October  18th,  1893: 

On  and  after  January  8th,  1894,  eligibility  to  Hereditary 
Membership  shall  be  restricted  and  limited  to  the  proper  de- 
scendants of  Commissioned  Officers,  Aides-de-Camp  and  Com- 
manding Officers  of  private  armed  vessels  of  the  United  States, 
comprehended  and  described  in  Section  1  of  this  article ;  and  to 
the  proper  descendants  of  Original  and  Hereditary  Members  of 
this  Institution  heretofore  duly  admitted ;  and  to  the  proper  de- 
scendants of  Original  Members  in  military  societies  formed 
prior  to  January  8th,  1 856,  by  men  who  served  in  the  armies  and 
navies  of  the  United  States  in  the  War  of  1812;  and  to  Hered- 
itary Members  heretofore  admitted  in  such  military  societies  and 
their  proper  descendants ;  and  to  the  proper  descendants  of  the 
veteran  delegates ;  and  to  the  proper  descendants  of  the  veteran 
delegates  to  the  national  conventions  of  the  soldiers  of  the  War 
of  1812,  held  respectively  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  on  Janu- 
ary 9th,  1 854,  and  in  the  city  of  Washington  on  January  8th, 
1855;  provided,  the  actual  military  or  sea  service  of  the  Orig- 
nal  Member  onpropositus  from  whom  descent  is  derived,  were 
such  as  would  have  made  him  eligible  to  Original  Membership 
in  this  Institution,  and  none  other  shall  be  eligible  to  Hereditary 

Membership.  . .  . .      . 

Honorary  Members 

The  President  and  Ex-Presidents  of  the  United  States,  the 
Vice-President  and  ex-Vice-Presidents  of  the  United  States,  the 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  and  Circuit  Courts  of  the  United  States, 
General  Officers  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  not  below 
the  rank  of  Major-General,  Flag  Officers  of  the  Navy  of  the 
United  States,  not  below  the  rank  of  Rear  Admiral,  General 
Officers  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  and  Presidents  of  the 
State  Societies  of  that  Order,  and  Citizens  who  have  received 
the  formal  approbation  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  for 
distinguished  conduct  or  eminent  services,  shall  alone  be  eligible 
to  Honorary  Membership. 

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THE  UNION  SOCIETY  OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 

Objects 

The  objects  of  this  Society  shall  be  to  perpetuate  the  mem- 
ory of  those  loyal  officials  who,  outside  the  military  or  naval 
service  of  the  United  States,  rendered  invaluable  aid  and  assist- 
ance to  the  National  Government  and  Union  Cause  during  the 
Civil  War. 

To  unite  and  promote  fellowship  amongst  them  and  their 
descendants ;  to  encourage  historical  research  in  relation  to  the 
Civil  War  period;  to  acquire  and  preserve  the  records  of  the 
individual  services  of  loyal  Union  officials  of  the  War;  as  well 
as  documents,  relics  and  landmarks;  to  foster  true  patriotism 
and  to  maintain  and  extend  the  institutions  of  American  free- 
dom. 

Membership 

Section  1.  Any  loyal  Union  man  who,  between  April 
12th,  1861,  and  April  9th,  1865,  served  as  President,  Vice- 
President,  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  Cabinet  Officer,  Min- 
ister Plenipotentiary  abroad,  Senator,  Member  of  the  House 
of  Representatives,  Special  Commissioner,  or  Executive  Sec- 
retary of  the  United  States;  Member,  Associate  Member  or 
Chief  Agent  at  the  front  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Com- 
mission; National  Official  of  the  United  States  Christian  and 
Union  Commissions  or  Chief  Agent  at  the  front;  Loyal  Gov- 
ernor of  Loyal  State;  Lieutenant-Governor,  State  Secretary  of 
State,  State  Attorney-General,  State  Treasurer,  Commissioned 
Officer  of  Governor's  Military  Staff,  President  of  State  Sen- 
ate, Speaker  of  State  House  of  Representatives,  Executive  Sec- 
retary, State  Executive  Counsellor,  Commissioned  Officer  of 
State  Provost  Marshal's  Department  on  recruiting  duty  for 
United  States  Volunteer  service;  State  Military  Agent,  Mem- 
ber of  Commission,  Board  or  Committee  appointed  by  Govern- 
or to  aid  and  assist  in  matters  connected  with  national  protec- 
tion and  defense;  United  States  Military  or  Provisional  Gov- 
ernor of  Secession  State. 

Section  2.  Also  any  male  citizen  is  eligible  for  member- 
ship who  received  by  name  the  "Thanks  of  Congress"  for  val- 
uable services  rendered  to  the  National  Government  and  Union 
Cause  between  April  1 2th,  1 861 ,  and  April  9th,  1 865. 

Section  3.  Any  other  Loyal  Union  man  may  also  be 
elected  to  membership  who,  outside  the  Military  or  Naval  serv- 

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ice  of  the  United  States,  between  the  aforesaid  dates  rendered 
services  to  the  National  Government  and  Union  Cause  which 
may  be  considered  by  the  General  Board  of  Managers  to  have 
been  of  sufficient  value  to  warrant  his  election  to  membership 
in  the  Society. 

Section  4.  Any  man  twenty-one  years  of  age  is  eligible 
for  membership  who  is  descended  from  any  of  the  foregoing 
persons,  provided  he  may  be  found  worthy. 


THE  UNITED  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  CONFEDERACY 

Objects 

The  objects  of  this  Association  are  memorial,  historical, 
benevolent,  educational  and  social ;  namely,  to  honor  the  mem- 
ory of  those  who  served  and  those  who  fell  in  the  service  of  the 
Confederate  States;  to  record  the  part  taken  by  the  Southern 
women  in  patient  endurance  of  hardship  and  patriotic  devotion 
during  the  struggle,  as  well  as  untiring  effort  after  the  war  in 
the  reconstruction  of  the  South ;  to  collect  and  preserve  the  ma- 
terial for  a  true  history  of  the  War  between  the  States ;  to  pro- 
tect and  preserve  historical  places  of  the  Confederacy;  to  ful- 
fill the  sacred  duty  of  charity  to  the  survivors  of  that  war  and 
those  dependent  upon  them;  to  help  educate  the  needy  de- 
scendants of  worthy  Confederates;  and  to  cherish  the  ties  of 
friendship  among  the  members  of  the  Society. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  Those  women  entitled  to  membership  are  the 
women  who  are  the  widows,  wives,  mothers,  sisters,  nieces, 
grandnieces  and  lineal  descendants  of  such  men  as  served  hon- 
orably in  the  Confederate  army,  navy,  or  civil  service;  or  of 
those  men,  unfit  for  active  duty,  who  loyally  gave  aid  to  the 
Cause.  Also  Southern  women  who  can  give  proof  of  personal 
service  or  loyal  aid  to  the  Southern  Cause  during  the  war;  and 
the  lineal  descendants  or  nieces  of  such  women,  wherever  liv- 
ing. Northern  women  having  no  male  relative  who  served  the 
Confederate  States  of  America  in  the  War  Between  the  States, 
1 861  -1 865,  and  having  themselves  performed  no  special  service 
to  same,  but  having  married  a  Confederate  soldier  since  1 865, 
and  through  this  means  becoming  a  member  of  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  shall  have  the  words  "by  adop- 
tion" placed  upon  their  certificate  of  membership,  and  upon 
the  Registrar's  books,  and  in  all  rosters  shall  be  designated  as 

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members  "by  adoption."  Said  member  being  entitled  to  all  the 
honors  and  privileges  of  this  Association  except  that  of  holding 
any  office  in  the  General  Association,  divisions  or  chapters; 
except  that  of  transmitting  this  honor  to  members  of  her  fam- 
ily, only  her  children  of  a  Confederate  father;  the  honor  dies 
with  her  if  she  has  no  children. 


THE  VETERAN  CORPS  OF  ARTILLERY  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  NEW  YORK 

THE  MILITARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WAR  OF  1812  (q.  v.) 

Veteran  Corps  of  Artillery  Instituted  Military  Society  War  of  1812  Organized 

November  25,  1790.  In  Service  of  the  January   8,    1826.      Consolidated    with 

United  States  in  1812  and  1814-1815.  Veteran  Corps  January  8,   1848. 

Instituted  November  25th,  1 790 

The  Veteran  Corps  of  Artillery,  S.  N.  Y.,  instituted  at  the 
city  of  New  York,  November  25,  1790,  exclusively  by  officers 
and  soldiers  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

Organized  as  a  separate  and  distinct  Corps  in  the  Active 
Militia  of  the  State  of  New  York,  duly  confirmed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State,  March  8,  1 791. 

In  military  service  of  the  United  States  June  25  to  July  2, 
1812,  and  September  2,  1 8 1 4,  to  March  2,  1 8 1 5. 

Recruited  after  1814,  under  authority  of  the  Governor  of 
the  State,  exclusively  from  Veterans  of  the  War  of  1812. 

Corps  regulations  amended  September  10,  1890,  to  admit 
descendants  of  Revolutionary  Members  or  1812  Veterans.  Such 
limitations  fixed  by  law,  March  9,  1 895. 

Military  Society  of  the  War  of  1812,  organized  at  the  City 
of  New  York,  January  8,  1826,  exclusively  by  Commissioned 
Officers  of  that  War,  regular  and  volunteer, 

United  with  the  yeteran  Corps  of  Artillery,  S.  N.  Y,,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1 848,  as  its  Military  Society  of  that  War  and  Civic  Asso- 
ciation for  Patriotic  and  other  laudable  purposes, 

The  Corps  confirmed  in  statutory  and  prescriptive  rights 
and  privileges  as  a  separate  Corps  in  active  militia,  by  Acts  of 
Congress  of  May  8,  1792  (Section  1641  U.  S.  Revised  Statutes), 
January  21,  1903,  and  May  27,  1908,  and  Acts  of  New  York 
State  Legislature  of  April  17,  1854  (Chapter  398)  April  14,  1855 
(Chapter  536),  and  March  9,  1895  (Chapter  91),  April  13,  1904 
(Chapter  328),  May  15,  1907  (Chapter  350),  and  May  24,  1913 
(Chapter  5 13), 

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Exemption  from  all  jury  duty  conferred  by  Special  Act  of 
New  York  State  Legislature  of  April  6,  1795  (Chapter  50). 

Membership 

Membership  restricted  and  limited  by  law  to  those  persons 
qualified  by  regulations  in  form  of  Constitution  and  By-Laws. 
Extract  from  Constitution  and  By-Laws 

Original  Members 

"Any  defender  of  the  country  in  the  War  of  1812,  who 
served  honorably  in  the  Armies  or  Navies  of  the  United  States 
in  that  War,  and  who  shall  by  reason  of  service  be  entitled 
under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  to  have  his  name  placed 
on  the  pension  rolls  of  the  United  States,  provided  that  he  shall 
have  maintained  since  said  War  an  honorable  character." 

Hereditary  Members 

"Restricted  and  limited  to  the  proper  descendants  of  com- 
missioned officers,  aides-de-camp,  and  commanding  officers  of 
private  armed  vessels  of  the  United  States,  during  the  War  of 
1812;  to  the  proper  descendants  of  Original  and  Hereditary 
Members  heretofore  duly  admitted.  Representatives  of  Vet- 
erans of  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  under  certain  regulations 
as  made  and  provided  by  the  Council  of  Administration,  may 
be  admitted  to  the  Artillery  Service  Detachment  of  The  Veteran 
Corps  of  Artillery.  (Under  these  regulations,  members  in 
good  standing  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  and  of  the  Sons 
of  the  Revolution  in  the  State  of  New  York  are  eligible  for 
membership  in  the  Uniformed  body.)" 

THE  WELCOME  SOCIETY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

Incorporated  October  3,  1906 

Objects 

The  purposes  for  which  this  corporation  is  formed  are  to 
perpetuate  the  memory  of  those  who  came  to  America  in  the 
good  ship  "Welcome,"  in  company  with  William  Penn,  the 
founder  of  Pennsylvania,  who  arrived  in  October,  1 682 ;  to  col- 
lect and  preserve  historic  data  relative  to  the  settlement  of  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  founding  of  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  to  bring  together  in  social  intercourse  and  friendly 
relations  the  descendants  of  the  aforesaid  persons  who  came  to 
these  shores  in  the  ship  "Welcome." 

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Membership 

Any  person  of  good  moral  character  and  reputation,  line- 
ally descended  from  a  settler  who  came  to  America  in  the  ship 
"Welcome"  in  October,  1 682,  is  eligible  for  election  to  member- 
ship. 

UNITED  MILITARY  ORDER  OF  AMERICA 

Incorporated  1915 

Objects 

1.  To  unite  in  bonds  of  fraternity  and  friendship  the 
descendants  of  men  in  the  Army,  Navy  and  Civilian  service  of 
the  North  and  South  during  the  war  between  the  states,  and  to 
promote  patriotism. 

Membership 

Section  1 .  Any  acceptable  man,  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  this  Order,  who  is  an  here- 
ditary member  or  eligible  to  hereditary  membership  in  a  recog- 
nized Northern  or  Southern  patriotic  organization  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  in  existence  at  date  of  formation  of  this 
Order,  in  which  qualification  for  membership  is  based  on  mili- 
tary, naval  or  civilian  service,  rendered  between  April  12,  1 861 , 
and  April  9,  1 865,  provided  he  is  a  lineal  descendant  in  the  male 
or  female  line  of  the  person  who  rendered  such  service. 

The  foregoing  membership  clause  only  applies  to  Sections 
1  or  2  of  Article  III,  in  the  constitution  of  the  Union  Society  of 
The  Civil  War,  in  effect  on  September  6,  1915. 

UNITED  SONS  OF  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS 
Organized  July  1st,  1896 

Objects 

Section  2.  The  objects  and  purposes  of  this  organization 
shall  be  strictly  "Historical  and  Benevolent."  It  will  strive: 

Section  3.  To  unite  in  one  general  Confederation  all 
Associations  of  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans,  Soldiers  and 
Sailors,  now  in  existence  or  hereafter  to  be  formed,  and  to  aid 
and  assist  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  and  all  Veteran 
Camps. 

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The  Order  of  the 
Crown  of  America 


Society  of  the  Cincinnati 


The  National  Society 

of  the  Colonial  Dames 

of  America 


Daughters  of  the 
Cincinnati 


Membership 

Any  person  of  good  moral  character  and  reputation,  Kne- 
ally  descended  from  a  tettler.  who  came  to  America  in  the  ship 
"Welcome"  in  October,  1682,  is  eligible  for  election  to  member- 
ship. 


UNITED  MILITARY  ORDER  OF  AMERICA 
Incorporated  1915 

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shall  be  strictly  "Historical  and  Ben«-.A  >i<»nt."      It  will  strive: 

Section  3.  To  unite  in  one  ^--f»eral  Confederation  all 
Associations  of  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans,  Soldiers  and 
Sailors,  now  in  existence  or  hereaft<^  io  be  formed,  and  to  aid 
and  assist  the  United^^nfec^rat^j  Veterans  and  all  Veteran 
Camps. 


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Section  4.  To  cultivate  the  ties  of  friendship  that  should 
exist  among  those  whose  ancestors  have  shared  common  dan- 
gers, sufferings  and  privations. 

Section  5.  To  encourage  the  writing  by  participants 
therein  of  accounts,  narratives,  memoirs,  histories  of  battles, 
episodes  and  occurrences  of  the  war  between  the  States. 

Section  6.  To  gather  authentic  data,  statistics,  docu- 
ments, reports,  plans,  maps  and  other  material  for  an  impartial 
history  of  the  Confederate  side;  to  collect  and  preserve  relics 
and  mementos  of  the  war ;  to  make  and  perpetuate  a  record  of 
the  service  of  every  member  of  the  United  Confederate  Vet- 
erans, and  all  other  living  Confederate  Veterans,  and,  as  far 
as  possible,  of  those  of  their  comrades  who  have  preceded  them 
into  eternity. 

Section  7.  To  see  that  the  disabled  are  cared  for;  that  a 
helping  hand  is  extended  to  the  needy,  and  that  needy  Con- 
federate Veterans'  widows  and  orphans  are  protected  and 
assisted. 

Section  8.  To  urge  and  aid  the  erection  of  enduring 
monuments  to  our  great  leaders  and  heroic  soldiers,  sailors  and 
people,  and  to  mark  with  suitable  headstones  the  graves  of 
Confederate  dead  wherever  found. 

Section  9.  To  instill  into  our  descendants  a  proper  ven- 
eration for  the  spirit  and  the  glory  of  our  fathers,  and  to  bring 
them  into  association  with  our  Confederation,  that  they  may 
aid  us  in  accomplishing  our  objects  and  purposes,  and  finally 
succeed  us  and  take  up  our  work  where  we  may  leave  it. 

Membership 

Section  1 1 .  All  male  descendants  of  those  who  served 
in  the  Confederate  Army  or  Navy  to  the  end  of  the  war,  or 
who  died  in  prison  or  while  in  actual  service,  or  who  were  killed 
in  battle,  or  who  were  honorably  retired  or  discharged,  shall 
be  eligible  for  membership  in  the  camps  of  this  Confederation, 
provided  no  member  under  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  have  the 
right  to  vote.  Provided,  no  member  shall  be  admitted  under 
twelve  years  of  age. 

Section  12.  No  one  shall  be  admitted  to  membership  in 
any  Camp  until  satisfactory  proof  of  the  foregoing  qualifica- 
tions be  submitted  in  duplicate  on  official  blank  applications 
prepared  for  that  purpose.  The  original  shall  be  carefully  pre- 
served by  the  Camp,  and  the  duplicate  shall,  within  ten  days, 

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be  forwarded  to  General  Headquarters  for  record  and  perma- 
nent preservation.  It  is  hereby  expressly  provided  that  all 
Camps  shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  bring  together,  on  similar 
blanks,  the  records  of  all  members,  admitted  prior  to  the  adop- 
tion of  this  provision,  one  copy  for  the  Camp  and  the  other  for 
General  Headquarters. 

UNITED  SPANISH  WAR  VETERANS 

Objects 

The  objects  of  the  organization  are  to  unite  in  fraternal 
bonds,  through  national,  state  and  local  organizations,  those 
men  who  served  in  the  military  or  naval  establishments  of  the 
United  States  of  America  in  the  war  with  Spain,  and  in  the  cam- 
paigns incidental  to  and  growing  out  of  that  war;  to  honor  the 
memory,  and  preserve  from  neglect  and  oblivion,  the  graves  of 
the  dead;  to  assist  former  comrades  and  shipmates, their  widows, 
orphans  or  dependent  relatives,  such  as  need  help,  encourage- 
ment and  protection;  to  perpetuate  the  memories  of  the  war 
with  Spain  and  the  campaign  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  in 
China,  and  to  collect  and  preserve  the  records  of  individual  serv- 
ice of  the  members  of  this  organization;  to  promote  the  best 
interests  of  those  who  took  part  in  the  war  with  Spain  and  the 
campaigns  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  in  China  in  the  service 
of  the  United  States;  to  inculcate  the  principles  of  universal 
liberty,  equal  rights  and  justice  to  all  mankind,  of  loyalty  to 
our  country,  reverence  for  its  institutions,  obedience  to  its  laws 
and  respect  for  its  magistrates,  and  to  discountenance  whatever 
tends  to  weaken  these  sentiments  among  our  people;  to  con- 
serve national  honor  and  union  through  unqualified  allegiance 
to  the  National  Government,  and  to  protect  the  constitutional 
rights  and  liberties  of  American  citizens.  While  requiring  of 
every  member  of  this  organization  that  he  shall  perform  his  full 
duty  as  a  citizen,  agreeably  to  his  conscience  and  to  the  best  of 
his  understanding,  this  organization  is  non-partisan,  and  must 
not  be  used  for  political  purposes  or  the  promotion  of  the  can- 
didacy of  any  person  for  political  office,  and  no  discussion  of 
partisan  questions  is  permitted  at  any  of  its  conventions  or 
meetings. 

Membership 

Officers,  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Army,  Navy  or  Marine 
Corps  of  the  United  States  of  America,  including  acting  assist- 
ant surgeons,  contract  doctors,  dentists,  and  veterinary  sur- 

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geons,  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  in  the  United  States  Revenue 
Cutter  Service  on  vessels  temporarily  under  the  control  of  the 
War  or  Navy  Departments,  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  in  the 
Philippine  Scouts  and  other  organizations  of  native  troops  main- 
tained by  the  War  Department  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  and 
Paymasters'  clerks  who  were  actually  on  duty  in  the  field  or 
aboard  ship,  who  served  at  any  time  during  the  war  between  the 
United  States  of  America  and  the  Kingdom  of  Spain,  or  at  any 
time  during  the  war  for  the  suppression  of  the  insurrection  in 
the  Philippine  Islands  prior  to  July  4,  1 902,  and  who  either  have 
been  honorably  discharged  from  the  service  or  still  continue  in 
the  same,  shall  be  eligible  to  active  membership  in  the  United 
Spanish  War  Veterans;  Provided,  however,  that  no  person 
shall  be  admitted  to  active  membership  who,  upon  investiga- 
tion, is  found  to  be  of  bad  moral  character  or  of  low  repute  in 
the  community  in  which  he  resides,  or  who  having  been  honor- 
ably discharged  from  the  service  of  the  United  States,  has  re- 
entered  the  same  and  has  subsequently  received  a  discharge 
which  is  not  honorable. 


UNITED  STATES  VETERAN  NAVY 
Information  as  to  Objects  and  Requirements  for  Member- 
ship not  available  at  time  of  publication. 

VETERANS  OF  FOREIGN  WARS 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 

Membership 

Any  officer,  or  any  honorably  discharged  officer  (includ- 
ing contract  or  acting  assistant  surgeon,  dental  surgeon  or  vet- 
erinary surgeon) ,  or  enlisted  man  who  has  served  or  may  serve 
in  the  Army,  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  in  any  Foreign  War  (which  definition  shall  be  gov- 
erned by  the  issuance  of  a  campaign  badge  by  the  government 
of  the  United  States  of  America)  as  the  by-laws  may  provide, 
shall  be  eligible  to  active  membership  in  the  Veterans  of  Foreign 
Wars  of  the  United  States. 

Under  the  by-laws  the  following  are  eligible : 

1 .  Porto  Rico.     All  who  served  in  Porto  Rico  between 
April  21,  1898,  and  June  1,  1899. 

2.  War  with  Spain.     All  those  entitled  to  Spanish  Cam- 
paign badge  for  service  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  or  the  Philippines. 

103 


3.  Naval  Service.     All  those  entitled  to  Philippine  Cam- 
paign badge,  China  Campaign  badge,  Cuban  Pacification  badge, 
Nicaraguan  Campaign  badge  issued  by  the  Navy  Department. 

4.  Philippine  Service.     All  those  entitled  to  Philippine 
Campaign  badge  issued  by  War  Department  for  service  ashore 
in  Philippine  Islands  between  February  4,   1899,  and  July  4, 
1902;  Department  of  Mindanao,  Philippine  Islands,  between 
February  4,  1 899,  and  December  31,1 904,  and  in  the  following 
Expeditions : 

Against   Pala   and   his   Followers,    Jolo,    Philippine 

Islands,  April  and  May,  1905. 

Against    Datu    Ali    and   his    Followers,    Mindanao, 

Philippine  Islands,  October,  1905. 

Against  Hostile  Moros  on  Bud-Dajo,  Jolo,  Philippine 

Islands,  March,  1906. 

In  addition,  several  minor  expeditions  have  been  recog- 
nized as  entitling  participants  therein  to  the  Philippine  badge. 
No  compiled  list  showing  all  decisions  under  which  these  minor 
expeditions  have  been  recognized  is  available,  as  each  case  pre- 
sented is  considered  on  its  own  merits.  If  any  person  believes 
himself  entitled  to  a  Philippine  Campaign  badge  for  service  not 
indicated  above,  his  application  should  be  forwarded  to  the 
Adjutant  General,  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  when 
it  will  be  considered  in  connection  with  such  expeditions  as  are 
not  listed  above.  If  the  applicant  receives  a  campaign  badge, 
he  becomes  eligible. 

5.  Boxer  Rebellion.     All  those  entitled   to  the  China 
Campaign  badge  issued  by  the  War  Department  for  service 
ashore  in  China  with  the  Peking  Relief  Expedition,  between 
June  20,  1900,  and  May  27,  1901. 

6.  Cuban  Occupation.     All  those  entitled  to  Army  of 
Cuban  Occupation  badge  for  service  in  Cuba  with  the  Army 
of  Cuban  Occupation,  between  July  18,   1898,  and  May  20, 
1902. 

7.  Cuban  Pacification.     All  those  entitled  to  Army  of 
Cuban  Pacification  badge  for  service  in  Cuba  with  the  Army  of 
Cuban  Pacification,  between  October  6,    1906,  and  April   1, 
1909. 


COLONIAL  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  XVII  CENTURY 

Information  as  to  Objects  and  Requirements  for  Member- 
ship not  available  at  time  of  publication. 

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National  Society  Colonial 
Dames,  XVII  Century 


United  Military  Order 
of  America 


Dames 
of  the  Loyal  Legion 


National  Society  of 

Colonial  Daughters 

of  America 


„  .-  *  3.  Naval  Service.  AH  those  entitled  to  Philippine  Cam- 
paign badge,  China  Campaign  badge,  Cuban  Pacification  badge, 
Nicaraguan  Campaign  badg^  issued  by  the  Navy  Department. 

4.  Philippine  Service,.  All  those  entitled  to  Philippine 
Campaign  badge  issued  by  War  Department  for  service  ashore 
in  Philippine  Islands  between  February  4,  1899,  and  July  4, 
T902;  Department  of  Mii.ianao,  Philippine  Islands,  between 
February  4,  l#>9,  and  December .31,  1904,  and  in  the  following 
Expeditions. 

Against   Pala   and  his   Followers,   Jolo,   Philippine 
Islands.  ApiJtrtdbDl^aboa  fttobfitt 

Against  y4rrftt*O  HVK  ^sAsilis   Followers,    Mindanao, 
ippine  Ular.'.is,  October,  1905. 

Again^*  '•  •  *ntile  Moros  on  Bud-Dajo,  Jolo,  Philippine 
islands,  March    1906. 

fri  add  in  on ,  *<*veral  minor  expeditions  have  been  recog- 
nized as  'i  icipants  therein  to  the  Philippine  badge. 
No  conv  .g  all  decisions  under  which  these  minor 
expedition*  £*/  lecognized  is  available,  as  each  case  pre- 
sent^d  its  Own  merits.  If  any  person  believes 
him**  iilippine  Campaign  badge  for  service  not 
application  shc-uld  be  forw^rd^d1^Iii^g 
Department,  Washington,  D.  C^w^eg 
mnection  with  such  expeditions  as  are 
•  f  applicant  receives  a  campaign  badge, 


June  20,  1900,  ar. 

6.  Cuban  v 

.Cuban  Occupation  bfcdffe  t« 
of  Cuban  Occupation,  bet* 
1902. 

7.  Cuban  Pacificatipt 
Cuban  Pacification  badge  f 
Cuban  Pacification, 

1909. 


COLONIAL  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  XVII  CENTURY 

Information  as  to  Objects  and  Requirements  for  Member-, 
ship  not  available  at  time  of  publication. 

104 


those  entitled  to  the  China 

War  Department  for  service 

ig  Relief  Expedition,  between 

se  entitled  to  Ai 
",  v»*e  in  Cuba  with 

18,  1S98.  and  May  20, 

Ml  those  entitled  to  Army  of 
,"uba  with  the  Arrny  of 
r  6,   1906,  and  April  1, 


PLATE  XVIII 


INDEX 


The  figures  in  the  first  column  show  the  pace  giving  the  objects  and 


The  numerals  in  the  second  column  give  the  plate  number  illustrating  the  insignia 


Page  Plate 

Ancient  Heraldic  and  Chivalric  Order  of  Albion 9  11 

Army  and  Navy  Medal  of  Honor  Legion  of  the  United  States  of  America  1 1  IX 

Army  and  Navy  Union  of  the  United  States  of  America 12  XIII 

Aryan  Order  of  Saint  George  of  the  Empire  in  America 14  V 

Association  of  Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States 15  X 

Aztec  Club  of  1847 15  III 

Colonial  Daughters  of  the  XVII  Century 104  X 

Colonial  Order  of  the  Acom 18 

Colonial  Society  of  Pennsylvania 18  XI 

Dames  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States 19  XVIII 

Daughters  of  the  Cincinnati 19  XVII 

Daughters  of  the  Revolution 20  XVI 

Descendants  of  the  Pioneers  of  America,  XVII  Century 21 

Descendants  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 22  V 

General  Society  of  the  War  of  1812 22  IV 

Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 24  XI 

Imperial  Order  of  the  Dragon 25  XV 

Imperial  Order  of  The  Yellow  Rose 25  XV 

Military  Order  of  Foreign  Wars  of  the  United  States 26  VII 

Military  Order  of  Moro  Campaigns 28  XIV 

Military  Order  of  the  Carabao 28  IX 

Military  Order  of  the  Dragon 29  V 

Military  Order  of  the  French  Alliance 30  XV 

Military  Order  of  the  Midnight  Sun 32  XI 

Military  Order  of  the  Serpent 32  II 

National  Association  of  Naval  Veterans  U.S. of  A.,  1861— 1865 32  XV 

National  Society  Americans  of  Royal  Descent 32  XIV 

National  Society  Colonial  Dames,  XVII  Century 33  XVIII 

National  Society  Colonial  Daughters  of  America 33  XVIII 

National  Society  of  Daughters  of  Founders  and  Patriots  of  America  ...  34  XIV 

National  Society  of  New  England  Women 35 

National  Society  of  Patriotic  Women  of  America 36  IV 

National  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Philippines 36 

National  Society  of  the  Children  of  the  American  Revolution 36  IX 

National  Society  United  States  Daughters  of  1812 38  XVI 

Navy  League  of  the  United  States 39  VIII 

Naval  Order  of  the  United  States 40  III 

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Order  of  Americans  of  Armorial  Ancestry 42  XII 

Order  of  Indian  Wars  of  the  United  States 42  VIII 

Order  of  Runnemede 44  II 

Pennsylvania  Society  of  Colonial  Governors 46  VIII 

Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  and  Navy  Union 47  XIII 

Scions  of  Colonial  Cavaliers 47  XIV 

Society  of  American  Wars  of  the  United  States 48  XII 

Society  of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  America 49  XVI 

Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants 50  IX 

Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolution 51  VIII 

Society  of  the  Army  of  Santiago  de  Cuba 52  VII 

Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland 53  XI 

Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Ohio 53 

Society  of  the  Cincinnati 54  XVII 

Society  of  the  Daughters  of  Holland  Dames 56  V 

Society  of  the  Porto  Rican  Expedition 57  VII 

Society  of  the  United  States  Daughters,  1776 — 1812 57 

Sons  of  Veterans,  United  States  of  America 58  XIII 

Swedish-Colonial  Society 59 

The  American  Cross  of  Honor 59 

The  American  National  Red  Cross 60  VI 

The  Colonial  Society  of  Massachusetts 62 

The  General  Society  of  Colonial  Wars 62  X 

The  Hereditary  Order  of  Descendants  of  Colonial  Governors  Prior  to  1 750  .  64  VI 

The  Holland  Society  of  New  York 65  XIV 

The  Huguenot  Society  of  America 67  VI 

The  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States 69  III 

The  Military  Society  of  the  War  of  1812 93 

The  National  Mary  Washington  Memorial  Association 72 

The  Nationial  Society  of  the  Colonial  Dames  of  America 73  XVII 

The  National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  ths  American  Revolution  ....  74  I 

The  National  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 76  XVI 

The  Naval  and  Military  Order  of  the  Spanish-American  War 77  HI 

The  Order  of  Colonial  Lords  of  Manors  in  America 80  IX 

The  Order  of  the  Crown  of  America 80  XVII 

The  Order  of  the  Founders  and  Patriots  of  America 81  IV 

The  Order  of  the  Golden  Horseshoe  of  Tramontane 82 

The  Order  of  the  White  Crane 83  II 

The  Order  of  Washington 83  XI 

The  Pennsylvania-German  Society 85  VII 

The  Pilgrim  Society 86 

The  Saint  Nicholas  Society  of  the  City  of  New  York 87  X 

The  Society  for  the  Restoration  of  the  Ducal  Province  of  Normandy  ...  88 

The  Society  of  the  Ark  and  the  Dove 89  VII 

The  Society  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  Gulf 89 

The  Society  of  the  Army  of  Georgia 90 

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The  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  James 

The  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 

The  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee 

The  Society  of  the  Army  of  West  Virginia 

The  Union  Society  of  the  Civil  War 

The  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  ....... 

The  Veteran  Corps  of  Artillery  of  the  State  of  New  York 
The  Welcome  Society  of  Pennsylvania 


United  Military  Order  of  America  . 
United  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans 
United  Spanish  War  Veterans  .  .  . 
United  States  Veteran  Navy  .... 


Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars  of  the  United  States 


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coratipns, 


172.7 
H76 


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